John Firth-Smith Paintings & Artwork for Sale | John Firth-Smith Art Value Price Guide

Aug. 27, 2024
John Firth-Smith, (b. 1943), Landscape Study No. 2, 1969, oil on canvas, 59 x 74 cm
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
John Firth-Smith (b. 1943) Landscape Study No. 2, 1969 oil on canvas titled, dated and signed verso 'Landscape Study 2, 1969, JFS'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Aug. 26, 2024
John Firth-Smith, Australia (b. 1943), Eos 1986, Lithograph ed. 1/10
Est: $400 - $600
John Firth-Smith Australia (b. 1943) Eos 1986 Lithograph ed. 1/10 Signed, titled & dated lower margin
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Aug. 25, 2024
FIRTH-SMITH John (b.1943), 'Imp' 1990, Mixed Media on Paper, 57x36cm (sheet)
Est: $200 - $400
FIRTH-SMITH, John (b.1943) 'Imp' 1990 Mixed Media on Paper 57x36cm (sheet)
Davidson Auctions
Jun. 26, 2024
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH born 1943, Rhythms #2 2002
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE JOHN FIRTH-SMITH born 1943 Rhythms #2 2002 oil on linen 91.5 x 274.0 cm signed, dated and inscribed verso: JOHN FIRTH-SMITH/ "RHYTHMS #2"/ OIL ON LINEN 3' x 9'/ SYDNEY 2002/ Firth-Smith 02/ #521
Menzies
Jun. 26, 2024
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH (born 1943) Tune 1987 lithograph, ed. 17/100 57 x 76cm (sheet); 91 x 107cm (framed)
Est: $200 - $400
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH (born 1943) Tune 1987 lithograph, ed. 17/100 signed, titled, dated and numbered below image: 17/100 "tune" Firth-Smith 87 57 x 76cm (sheet); 91 x 107cm (framed)
Leonard Joel
Jun. 04, 2024
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH (born 1943) Tune 1987 lithograph, ed. 17/100 57 x 76cm (sheet); 91 x 107cm (framed)
Est: $500 - $700
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH (born 1943) Tune 1987 lithograph, ed. 17/100 signed, titled, dated and numbered below image: 17/100 "tune" Firth-Smith 87 57 x 76cm (sheet); 91 x 107cm (framed)
Leonard Joel
May. 28, 2024
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH, (1943 -), Mirage No.4 - 2005, oil on linen, 92 x 92 cm (frame: 95.5 x 95.5 cm)
Est: $6,000 - $10,000
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH (1943 - ) Mirage No.4 - 2005 oil on linen signed, dated and titled verso
Lawsons
May. 21, 2024
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH - SOON - OIL ON LINEN
Est: $18,000 - $25,000
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH (B.1943) SOON Signed, titled and dated 86 verso Oil on linen 306 x 122cm Estimate $18,000/25,000 AUD
GFL Fine Art
Apr. 07, 2024
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH (1943 - ) - Alvis, 1981 etching and aquatint, ed. 4/30 56 x 76 cm, (frame: 74 x 94 x 3 cm)
Est: $400 - $600
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH (1943 - ) Alvis, 1981 etching and aquatint, ed. 4/30 56 x 76 cm, (frame: 74 x 94 x 3 cm) signed and dated lower right
Lawsons
Apr. 07, 2024
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH (1943 - ) - Janaway, 1981 etching and aquatint, ed. 10/30 56 x 76 cm, each (frame: 74 x 94 x 3 cm)
Est: $400 - $600
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH (1943 - ) Janaway, 1981 etching and aquatint, ed. 10/30 56 x 76 cm, each (frame: 74 x 94 x 3 cm) signed and dated lower right
Lawsons
Nov. 16, 2023
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH (1943 - ) Moment, 1986 monotype, ed. 1/1 41 x105 cm (frame: 97 x 132 x 7 cm) signed and dated lower right
Est: $800 - $1,200
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH (1943 - ) Moment, 1986 monotype, ed. 1/1 41 x105 cm (frame: 97 x 132 x 7 cm) signed and dated lower right
Lawsons
Oct. 19, 2023
JOHN FIRTH SMITH, MRS HEADLAND 1965, ACRYLIC AND CHARCOAL ON PAPER, SIGNED AND DATED LOWER RIGHT, 49 X 62CM, FRAME SIZE: 67 X 79CM
Est: $700 - $1,000
JOHN FIRTH SMITH, MRS HEADLAND 1965, ACRYLIC AND CHARCOAL ON PAPER, SIGNED AND DATED LOWER RIGHT, 49 X 62CM, FRAME SIZE: 67 X 79CM
Leonard Joel
Oct. 19, 2023
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH, NEAR BUTCHER'S CAMP 1981, GOUACHE ON PAPER, SIGNED, TITLED AND DATED LOWER RIGHT, 56.5 X 76CM (SHEET), FRAME SIZE:..
Est: $600 - $900
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH, NEAR BUTCHER'S CAMP 1981, GOUACHE ON PAPER, SIGNED, TITLED AND DATED LOWER RIGHT, 56.5 X 76CM (SHEET), FRAME SIZE: 88 X 107CM PROVENANCE: LAWSON MENZIES, 2006
Leonard Joel
Oct. 12, 2023
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH, NEAR BUTCHER'S CAMP 1981, GOUACHE ON PAPER, SIGNED, TITLED AND DATED LOWER RIGHT, 56.5 X 76CM (SHEET), FRAME SIZE:..
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH, NEAR BUTCHER'S CAMP 1981, GOUACHE ON PAPER, SIGNED, TITLED AND DATED LOWER RIGHT, 56.5 X 76CM (SHEET), FRAME SIZE: 88 X 107CM PROVENANCE: LAWSON MENZIES, 2006
Leonard Joel
Oct. 12, 2023
JOHN FIRTH SMITH, MRS HEADLAND 1965, ACRYLIC AND CHARCOAL ON PAPER, SIGNED AND DATED LOWER RIGHT, 49 X 62CM, FRAMED: 67 X 79CM
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
JOHN FIRTH SMITH, MRS HEADLAND 1965, ACRYLIC AND CHARCOAL ON PAPER, SIGNED AND DATED LOWER RIGHT, 49 X 62CM, FRAMED: 67 X 79CM
Leonard Joel
Oct. 05, 2023
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH, NEAR BUTCHER'S CAMP 1981, GOUACHE ON PAPER, SIGNED, TITLED AND DATED LOWER RIGHT, 56.5 X 76CM (SHEET), FRAME SIZE:..
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH, NEAR BUTCHER'S CAMP 1981, GOUACHE ON PAPER, SIGNED, TITLED AND DATED LOWER RIGHT, 56.5 X 76CM (SHEET), FRAME SIZE: 88 X 107CM PROVENANCE: LAWSON MENZIES, 2006
Leonard Joel
Aug. 20, 2023
FIRTH-SMITH John (b.1943), 'On Starboard II,' 2012., Oil on Linen, 76x214cm
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
FIRTH-SMITH, John (b.1943) 'On Starboard II,' 2012. Signed verso, with additional inscriptions (#1252). Oil on Linen 76x214cm
Davidson Auctions
Jul. 09, 2023
FIRTH-SMITH John (b.1943), 'Myth,' 1990., Lithograph 7/50, 29x52.5cm (image)
Est: $100 - $200
FIRTH-SMITH, John (b.1943) 'Myth,' 1990. Lithograph 7/50 29x52.5cm (image)
Davidson Auctions
Jul. 09, 2023
FIRTH-SMITH John (b.1943), 'Hamburger,' 1965., Oil on Paper, 49.5x61cm
Est: $450 - $750
FIRTH-SMITH, John (b.1943) 'Hamburger,' 1965. Artist studio stamp verso. Note: tear to sheet, upper left corner. The artwork comes with original frame with National Gallery of Victoria label and various inscriptions and artist stamp. Oil on Paper 49.5x61cm PROVENANCE: The Estate of Ray Hughes, Sydney.
Davidson Auctions
Jun. 28, 2023
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH born 1943, Sun Line 1970
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH born 1943 Sun Line 1970 oil on canvas 84.0 x 173.5 cm signed, dated and inscribed verso: John Firth-Smith/ Firth-Smith/ 'Sun Line' 70
Menzies
Mar. 29, 2023
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH born 1943, Night Wind 1985
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH born 1943 Night Wind 1985 oil on linen 91.5 x 182.5 cm signed, dated and inscribed verso: JOHN FIRTH-SMITH/ ''NIGHT WIND''/ 1985/ OIL ON LINEN 3' x 6'/ SYDNEY/ Firth-Smith 85
Menzies
Sep. 13, 2022
John Firth-Smith (b. 1943)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Scrub and Rub Slipway, 1977 mixed media on paper, titled, signed and dated l.r.c. 'Scrub and Rub Slipway, Firth Smith '77'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Sep. 13, 2022
John Firth-Smith (b. 1943)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Race 2, Rudder Failure Before The Mark, 1984 mixed media on paper, titled l.c. 'Race 2, Rudder Failure Before The Mark', signed and dated l.r.c. 'Firth Smith '84/28'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Aug. 21, 2022
FIRTH-SMITH John (b.1943), 'On Starboard II,' 2012., Oil on Linen, 76x214cm
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
FIRTH-SMITH, John (b.1943) 'On Starboard II,' 2012. Signed verso, with additional inscriptions (#1252). Oil on Linen 76x214cm
Davidson Auctions
Jul. 28, 2022
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH (1943 - ) Check Chicks, 1965 oil on canvas 112.5 x 105.5 cm (frame: 126 x 118 x 6 cm) signed, dated and titled verso
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH (1943 - ) Check Chicks, 1965 oil on canvas 112.5 x 105.5 cm (frame: 126 x 118 x 6 cm) signed, dated and titled verso
Lawsons
Jun. 28, 2022
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH (born 1943) Sleeping Boats 1 1975 pastel on paper
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH (born 1943) Sleeping Boats 1 1975 pastel on paper signed and titled lower right: Firth-Smith Sleeping Boats 67.5 x 140cm PROVENANCE: Gallery A, Sydney 1975 Private collection, Sydney
Leonard Joel
May. 31, 2022
John Firth-Smith b.1943 Melbourne
Est: $200 - $300
John Firth-Smith b.1943 Melbourne Lithograph - "Era" 1990 The artist studied at the National Art School, Sydney. One of Australia's best known abstract artists. Firth-Smith is represented in the Art Gallery of WA and most other major galleries. Signed lower right. 53 x 110cm. Numbered 4/10
McKenzies Auctioneers
May. 26, 2022
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH (1943 - ) Check Chicks, 1965 oil on canvas 112.5 x 105.5 cm (frame: 126 x 118 x 6 cm) signed, dated and titled verso
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH (1943 - ) Check Chicks, 1965 oil on canvas 112.5 x 105.5 cm (frame: 126 x 118 x 6 cm) signed, dated and titled verso
Lawsons
May. 24, 2022
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH - SOON - Oil on canvas
Est: $28,000 - $38,000
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH (B.1943) SOON Signed, titled and dated 1986 verso Oil on canvas 122 x 304cm $28,000/38,000
GFL Fine Art
May. 22, 2022
FIRTH-SMITH John (b.1943), 'The Approach,' 2012., Oil on Linen, 76x214cm
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
FIRTH-SMITH, John (b.1943) 'The Approach,' 2012. Signed verso, with additional inscriptions (#2012). Oil on Linen 76x214cm
Davidson Auctions
May. 17, 2022
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH, CREEPING TIDE, 1987
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH born 1943 CREEPING TIDE, 1987 oil on linen 91.0 x 274.0 cm signed, dated and inscribed with title verso: JOHN FIRTH-SMITH / "CREEPING TIDE" / 1987 PROVENANCE Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney (label attached verso) Private collection, Sydney EXHIBITED John Firth-Smith, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, 7 - 27 September 1988, cat. 15 LITERATURE Wilson, G., & Firth-Smith, J., John Firth-Smith: A Voyage That Never Ends, Craftsman House, Sydney, 2000, p. 163 (illus.) This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery
Deutscher and Hackett
May. 11, 2022
John Firth-Smith (born 1943) Luna Park and Bridge at Night, 1964
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
John Firth-Smith (born 1943) Luna Park and Bridge at Night, 1964 signed, dated and inscribed verso: 'John Firth Smith / Luna Park and Bridge at Night / 1964' oil on board 90.5 x 121.0cm (35 5/8 x 47 5/8in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
May. 09, 2022
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH (born 1943) Glow #8 2000 oil on linen
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH (born 1943) Glow #8 2000 oil on linen signed, titled and dated verso: JOHN FIRTH-SMITH/ "GLOW" #8 2000 91 x 274cm PROVENANCE: Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne (label verso) Private collection, Victoria
Leonard Joel
Mar. 31, 2022
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH (1943 - ) Check Chicks, 1965 oil on canvas 112.5 x 105.5 cm (frame: 126 x 118 x 6 cm) signed, dated and titled verso
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH (1943 - ) Check Chicks, 1965 oil on canvas 112.5 x 105.5 cm (frame: 126 x 118 x 6 cm) signed, dated and titled verso
Lawsons
Mar. 13, 2022
FIRTH-SMITH John (b.1943), 'Wind,' 1986., Lithograph 12/20, 37x105cm (image) 77x113cm (sheet)
Est: $200 - $400
FIRTH-SMITH, John (b.1943) 'Wind,' 1986. Lithograph 12/20 37x105cm (image) 77x113cm (sheet)
Davidson Auctions
Feb. 22, 2022
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH, RED REFLECTION, 1979
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH born 1943 RED REFLECTION, 1979 oil on canvas 91.0 x 182.5 cm signed, dated and inscribed with title on stretcher bar verso: “RED REFLECTION” / Firth–Smith 79 bears artist’s stamp on stretcher bar verso PROVENANCE Gallery A, Sydney (label attached verso) Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne The National Australia Bank Art Collection, acquired from the above in October 1979 (label attached verso) EXHIBITED John Firth–Smith, Gallery A, Sydney, 16 June - 7 July 1979 Structures, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales, March 1982 The Seventies: Australian Paintings and Tapestries from the Collection of National Australia Bank, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 15 October – 28 November 1982 The Seventies: Australian Paintings and Tapestries from the Collection of National Australia Bank, Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria, 30 April - 29 May 1988 'The Seventies' Exhibition: Selected Paintings from the National Australia Bank Collection 'Modern Art of the Seventies', Caulfield Arts Complex, Melbourne, 18 January - 11 February 1990, cat. 8 LITERATURE Lindsay, R., The Seventies: Australian Paintings and Tapestries from the Collection of National Australia Bank, The National Bank of Australasia, Melbourne, 1982, pl. 38, p. 51 (illus.) ESSAY When John Firth-Smith first secured a substantive profile from the late sixties, he was not only one amongst a new generation of Australian abstractionists, but he also witnessed the spirited arguments about what contemporary Australia abstraction might look like. His career reminds us that the finest painterly abstraction was never a stylistic fling with New York, and indeed Firth-Smith’s nuanced opus remains essential to five decades of Australian painting. Before the energetic exuberance of Red Reflection, 1979, Firth-Smith’s paintings were large, spacious and saturated in colour. His intuitive sense in developing a painting meant he remained removed from his Sydney Colour-Form contemporaries. The somewhat doctrinaire group at Sydney’s Central Street Galleries held faith in hard-edge formalism and hoped it would find them international acceptance. They enjoyed strident advocacy from Terry Smith, then an emerging Sydney critic and political-cultural activist.1 Firth-Smith wasn’t included in the National Gallery of Victoria’s The Field exhibition of 1968. After time in New York, in 1971 he returned to Sydney and his first diagonal paintings began. These vast horizontal canvases not only exuded a confidence and certainty which was hugely admired, but also resolved matters dealing with the architecture of the paintings themselves, space and the context of his work within contained physical space.2 They are moreover instructive in revealing a working foundation for the paintings that followed – how they evolved and expanded to become more luxurious, lineal and materially viscous. Firth-Smith’s thoughtfulness about making paintings and his anxiousness in the studio is never isolated from his circumstances which actually underpin the works’ referential character. His deep affection for the ocean – from openness to harbours – and vessels is critical to him as a person. ‘Densities and atmosphere… if a ship comes into the harbour – and where I’m living now the bridge is amazing because it just hangs there. But a ship comes under that and it almost fills up the space under the bridge… the solidity and the strength of the bridge… incredible manmade ship and it’s all on this soft… water… all those rigs on yachts and ships… have been quite intriguing. It’s all to do with the tension and things supporting things, holding things up, wires…’3 While the end of the seventies might have produced some thinking about recent abstraction itself – what had just happened, where to from here? – Firth-Smith’s path had consolidated. In Red Reflection we see an idea which grew from the mid-seventies – vessels above and below the waterline – where tankers, container ships and their oxidised and rusted surfaces become the synthesis of knowing observation and the adeptness to make an astonishing painting. 1. Central Street Gallery, Sydney (1966 – 1970) was a converted city building and included Tony McGillick, Dick Watkins, Gunter Christmann and others; for a fuller account, including Clement Greenberg’s reaction to their work, see Green, C., ‘Notes on the Centre: Two Decades of American Painting in Australia, 1967’, Tate Papers, no. 32, Autumn 2019 2. Untitled, 1972, synthetic polymer paint on canvas, collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Gift of Rosemary Foot, 1972 3. Artist’s interview with James Gleeson, 29 August 1979, Oral History Collection, National Gallery of Australia DOUG HALL AM
Deutscher and Hackett
Dec. 05, 2021
FIRTH-SMITH John (b.1943), 'Mirage No. 7,' 2005., Oil on Linen, 92x91.5cm
Est: $4,000 - $7,000
FIRTH-SMITH, John (b.1943) 'Mirage No. 7,' 2005. Signed verso, with additional inscriptions and label from Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney. Oil on Linen 92x91.5cm
Davidson Auctions
Dec. 05, 2021
FIRTH-SMITH John (b.1943), 'Wind,' 1986., Lithograph 12/20, 37x105cm (image) 77x113cm (sheet)
Est: $300 - $500
FIRTH-SMITH, John (b.1943) 'Wind,' 1986. Lithograph 12/20 37x105cm (image) 77x113cm (sheet)
Davidson Auctions
Aug. 15, 2021
FIRTH-SMITH John (b.1943), 'Double Time,' 1981., Oil on Linen, 94x368cm
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
FIRTH-SMITH, John (b.1943) 'Double Time,' 1981. Signed, titled & dated verso (also with artist studio stamp). Oil on Linen 94x368cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, London (acquired directly from Gallery A, Sydney in 1982). EXHIBITIONS: Gallery A, Sydney, 1981.
Davidson Auctions
Jul. 28, 2021
John Firth-Smith (b. 1943)
Est: $300 - $500
Wind, 1986 lithograph on paper, edition: 12/20, numbered , titled, signed and dated below image '12/20, Wind, Firth-Smith, '86'
Shapiro Auctioneers
Jun. 28, 2021
§ JOHN FIRTH-SMITH (born 1943) Point Perpendicular 2012 oil on linen
Est: $6,500 - $7,500
§ JOHN FIRTH-SMITH (born 1943) Point Perpendicular 2012 oil on linen signed and dated verso: Firth-Smith 12 title inscribed verso 200.5 x 75cm PROVENANCE: The Artist Private collection, Melbourne
Leonard Joel
Jun. 24, 2021
Anthony White - Feu, 2010
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
Anthony White - Feu, 2010
Cooee Art
Jun. 08, 2021
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH (born 1943) Check Chicks 1965 oil on canvas
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH (born 1943) Check Chicks 1965 oil on canvas signed, dated and titled verso 116 x 106cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, Melbourne
Leonard Joel
May. 16, 2021
FIRTH-SMITH John (b.1943), 'Nude with Yellow Shoe, 1966., Oil on Canvas, 137x123cm
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
FIRTH-SMITH, John (b.1943) 'Nude with Yellow Shoe, 1966. Signed, titled & inscribed verso. Oil on Canvas 137x123cm PROVENANCE: Ray Hughes private collection; The Red Eye Record Label collection. EXHIBITIONS: Exhibition label/sheet from National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide verso listing the painting as highly commended in the Melrose Competition Exhibition, 1967.
Davidson Auctions
Apr. 22, 2021
John Firth-Smith (born 1943) AT, 1986
Est: $16,000 - $22,000
John Firth-Smith (born 1943) AT, 1986 signed, titled and dated verso: 'John Firth-Smith / 'AT' / 1986, Sydney' oil on linen 122.0 x 244.0cm (48 1/16 x 96 1/16in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Feb. 25, 2021
John Firth-Smith (1943 - ) Blue Senary No. 3, 1979 oil on linen 60 x 60 cm (frame: 63 x 63 x 3 cm) signed, titled, numbered and date...
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
John Firth-Smith (1943 - ) Blue Senary No. 3, 1979 oil on linen 60 x 60 cm (frame: 63 x 63 x 3 cm) signed, titled, numbered and dated verso
Lawsons
Nov. 18, 2020
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH (born 1943) Jerenok 1978 screenprint 32/40
Est: $400 - $600
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH (born 1943) Jerenok 1978 screenprint 32/40 editioned, signed, dated and titled below image 78 x 117cm (sheet size), frame size: 82 x 122cm
Leonard Joel
Sep. 22, 2020
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH (born 1943) Chowder Bay 2001 oil on linen
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH (born 1943) Chowder Bay 2001 oil on linen signed, titled and dated verso: "Chowder Bay" 2001 / Firth-Smith 46 x 147.5cm PROVENANCE: Acquired directly from the artist Private collection, Melbourne
Leonard Joel

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