Lot 498: Jack Smith (1928- 2011)

Jack Smith (1928- 2011) Bottles, Light and Shadow in a Room signed and dated 'Jack Smith 59' (lower right); signed again, inscribed and dated again 'JACK SMITH/BOTTLES/LIGHT + SHADOW/IN A ROOM 59' (on the reverse) and inscribed again 'BOTTLES, LIGHT & SHADOW IN A ROOM 59' (on the canvas-overlap) oil on canvas 36 x 36 in. (91.5 x 91.5 cm.)

Paris, Arts Council of Great Britain, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Première Biennale de Paris: Manifestation Biennale et International des Jeunes Artistes, 2 - 25 October 1959, catalogue not traced.

Gifted by the artist to a colleague of Smith's at St Martins, and thence by descent. Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 14 July 2011, lot 210, where acquired by the present owner.