Fine & Applied Art Wednesday, 4 September 2019 - 6:00 PM start
Michael Smither - Aerial Fantasy of Southern Alps
Realised: $49,000 plus premium
Lot Details
Michael Smither (b 1939) Aerial Fantasy of Southern Alps oil on board signed and dated 'M. D. SMITHER 1970' (lower left); inscribed with title to reverse 121 x 121cm Provenance Private collection USA purchased from the above late 1970s, Private collection Wellington Sale, Dunbar Sloane Ltd, Wellington, 30 August 2006 (lot 35) Private Estate, Auckland Michael Smither was inspired to paint this work on a flight home to New Plymouth over the Southern Alps from Dunedin, when he was appointed Frances Hodgkins Fellowship at University of Otago, 1970.
