Lot 5388 - ibid110 Sculpture & Various - online only - Wednesday, 01. April 2020, 10.00 AM
JOHN SMART (1742/43-1811),
England, c. 1780.
Sketch of a gentleman in black frock coat, with a white cravat and a white wig. In a rectangular, gilt wooden frame, matted. Mixed media on paper.
Miniature: 6x5 cm, frame: 9.5x11 cm.
Provenance:
Private collection, Switzerland.
Lit.: Victoria Button, Alan Derbyshire and Emma Rutherford, “The Drawings of John Smart – Line and Function”, in: Bernd Pappe and Juliane Schmieglitz-Otten (eds), Portrait Miniatures. Artists, Functions and Collections, Petersberg 2018, p. 233. - L. Schidlof, La Miniature en Europe, Vol. II, 1964, p. 781.
We are grateful to Mr. Bernd Pappe, Berne, for his help in cataloguing the present miniature.
Private collection, Switzerland.
Lit.: Victoria Button, Alan Derbyshire and Emma Rutherford, “The Drawings of John Smart – Line and Function”, in: Bernd Pappe and Juliane Schmieglitz-Otten (eds), Portrait Miniatures. Artists, Functions and Collections, Petersberg 2018, p. 233. - L. Schidlof, La Miniature en Europe, Vol. II, 1964, p. 781.
We are grateful to Mr. Bernd Pappe, Berne, for his help in cataloguing the present miniature.
CHF 1 000 / 1 500 | (€ 1 030 / 1 550)
Sold for CHF 1 125 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.