Peter Purves Smith Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Peter Purves Smith Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 02, 2024
PETER SMITH, (English, b. 1949), Morning Exercise Below the Heads of Ayr, oil on canvas, 16 x 22 in., frame: 22 1/2 x 28 1/2 in.
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
PETER SMITH (English, b. 1949) Morning Exercise Below the Heads of Ayr oil on canvas signed P.A. Smith lower left
Grogan & Company
Jan. 08, 2021
Peter Smith (En 1949-) Four In Hand
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Peter Smith (English 1949-) Four in Hand oil on canvas signed lower left depicting jockeys during a race. 28 x 40"
Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers
Aug. 29, 2018
PETER PURVES SMITH, (1912 – 1949), BOTANIC GARDENS, c.1949, watercolour and ink on paper
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
PETER PURVES SMITH, (1912 – 1949), BOTANIC GARDENS, c.1949, watercolour and ink on paper DIMENSIONS: 40.0 x 49.0 cm PROVENANCE: Lady Maisie Drysdale, New South Wales Private collection, Sydney EXHIBITED: Peter Purves Smith, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra, 8 March – 15 April 2001, cat. 59 RELATED WORK: Botanic Gardens, watercolour and ink on paper, 50.7 x 59.7 cm, illus. in Homage to Peter Purves-Smith, exhibition catalogue, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 1976
Deutscher and Hackett
Jun. 21, 2018
Peter A. Smith (Scottish, b.1949) 'Cooling tendons, Doon Estuary'oil on canvas, signed 'P. A. Smith' lower left,
Est: £5,000 - £7,000
Peter A. Smith (Scottish, b.1949) 'Cooling tendons, Doon Estuary' oil on canvas, signed 'P. A. Smith' lower left, titled to gallery label verso, gilt foliate and ribbon frame with slim canvas slip 25 1/2 x 35 1/2in. (64.75 x 90cm.) * Provenance: Frost & Reed, London
Martel Maides
Nov. 19, 2017
DEAUVILLE by Peter Smith (British, born 1949)
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
Oil on canvas, 20” x 30” Signed
The Sporting Art Auction
Jul. 07, 2017
Peter Smith 1949 - Title ' At The Start ' Oil on Canvas, Signed, mounted an
Est: £500 - £600
Peter Smith 1949 - Title ' At The Start ' Oil on Canvas, Signed, mounted and framed in contemporary gilt frame behind glass. Peter Smith was born in Lanarkshire in 1949 and attended the Carlisle and Glasgow Art School. Smith's original works and limited edition publications are much sought after and his artwork graces art collections worldwide. This vibrant image captures the excitement of the start of a horserace over sand. Depicting Jockeys on horseback against a wide blue sky. Approx dimensions 12.5 x 16.5 Inches.
Gerrards Auction Rooms
Jun. 16, 2017
Peter Smith 1949 - Title ' At The Start ' Oil on Canvas, Signed. Mounted an
Est: £600 - £800
Peter Smith 1949 - Title ' At The Start ' Oil on Canvas, Signed. Mounted and Framed Behind Glass. 12.5 x 16.5 Inches.
Gerrards Auction Rooms
May. 26, 2017
Peter Smith 1949 - Title ' At The Start ' Oil on Canvas, Signed. Mounted and Framed Behind Glass. 12.5 x 16.5 Inches.
Est: £600 - £800
Peter Smith 1949 - Title ' At The Start ' Oil on Canvas, Signed. Mounted and Framed Behind Glass. 12.5 x 16.5 Inches.
Gerrards Auction Rooms
Nov. 23, 2016
§ PETER PURVES SMITH 1912-1949 Botanic Gardens 1949 watercolour, gouache, pen and ink on paper
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
§ PETER PURVES SMITH 1912-1949 Botanic Gardens 1949 watercolour, gouache, pen and ink on paper signed and dated ''Purves-Smith 1949'' lower left 52 x 61 cm PROVENANCE Lady Casey, Melbourne (label verso) Private Collection, Sydney, by descent from the above Fine Art Auction, Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 16 June 2004, lot 59, illustrated Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above Institution, acquired from the above EXHIBITED Homage to Peter Purves-Smith, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 12-28 July 1976, no. 42, illustrated Annual Collectors'' Exhibition 1999, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 5 June - 3 July 1999, no. 62, illustrated (label verso)
Smith & Singer
Nov. 23, 2016
PETER PURVES SMITH 1912-1949 French Countryside (1935 or 1936) watercolour on paper
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
PETER PURVES SMITH 1912-1949 French Countryside (1935 or 1936) watercolour on paper 38 x 55.8 cm PROVENANCE Lady Drysdale, Sydney, by descent from the artist Australian British, New Zealand & European Historical Paintings, Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 2 November 1988, lot 234, illustrated Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above Institution, acquired from the above EXHIBITED Spring Exhibition 1979, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 17-30 October 1979, no. 119, illustrated LITERATURE Mary Eagle, Peter Purves Smith: A Painter in Peace and War, The Beagle Press, Sydney, 2001, pp. 56, 59 (illustrated), 61-62, 189
Smith & Singer
Dec. 02, 2015
PETER PURVES SMITH, 1912 – 1949, STILL LIFE, 1937, oil on hessian
Est: $16,000 - $20,000
PETER PURVES SMITH, 1912 – 1949, STILL LIFE, 1937, oil on hessian SIGNED: inscribed verso: ORRONG RD. DIMENSIONS: 22.0 x 55.0 cm EXHIBITED: Homage to Peter Purves Smith, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 12 – 28 July 1976, cat. 14 (illus. in exhibition catalogue, unpaginated) PROVENANCE: Maisie Drysdale, New South Wales Niagara Galleries, Melbourne Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2000 ESSAY: The year 1937 was significant for Peter Purves Smith both in his personal life and career as an artist. It was the year he returned to Melbourne after touring Europe for two years and studying under Iain Macnab at the Grosvenor School in London and continued his pursuit of an artistic career enrolling at the George Bell School. Here he forged a long-lasting friendship with fellow artist Russell Drysdale, and his then future wife Maisie Newbold (later to become Drysdale’s wife). It was a year where both artists produced remarkably competent still life and figure compositions with a vision beyond the formal direction of George Bell. Both artists were inspired by contemporary French painting. In Purves Smith’s case, the earlier painting New York 1936 (collection, the Art Gallery of New South Wales) and works that followed in the late 1930s, owed much to the organic imagery of the Surrealists, having viewed the International Surrealist Exhibition in London mid 1936. Drysdale on the other hand, was strongly influenced by the School of Paris, in particular Modigliani and Moise Kisling – his early masterpiece The Rabbiter and His family 1938 (collection, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra) made while studying at the George Bell School, owes much to the School of Paris. Still Life, 1937 was first exhibited in Homage to Peter Purves Smith, a survey exhibition at the Joseph Brown Gallery in 1976 and was the only selected still life subject he created before returning to Europe in 1938. This painting in particular exhibits a starkness and intensity reminiscent of the Adelaide artist James Cant. In 1937 Cant exhibited in London with de Chirico, Max Ernst and Paul Klee. He experimented with the late cubist style of Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso and the surrealism of Giorgio de Chirico and René Magritte. Purves Smith too was as an artist continually searching and experimenting and open to modern British as well as French influences as displayed in Still Life 1937. The distinctive and imaginative art of Purves Smith, produced during a shortened career (with his early death at the age of 37), combined his own folk qualities with Macnab and Bell’s more formalist grammar and embraced a quasi-Surrealism. He returned to Europe early 1938, as did Drysdale, well aware of the rising tensions on the edge of World War II. This had a profound effect on his art and subjects at this time.
Deutscher and Hackett
Sep. 24, 2015
PETER PURVES SMITH (1912-1949) Untitled (Indian Scene) c1945
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
PETER PURVES SMITH (1912-1949) Untitled (Indian Scene) c1945 watercolour and ink on paper 24.0 x 19.0 cm
Menzies
Jan. 29, 2015
PETER SMITH, (BRITISH B. 1949), "MAKE A LINE, JOCKEYS"
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
PETER SMITH (british b. 1949)/span "MAKE A LINE, JOCKEYS" Signed ' P.A. Smith' bottom left, oil on canvas 20 x 30 in. (50.8 x 76.2cm) provenance: /spanFrost and Reed Gallery, London. Private Collection, Virginia.
Freeman's | Hindman
Nov. 19, 2014
Smith, Peter - Snow Racing, St. Moritz
Est: $12,000 - $15,000
SNOW RACING, ST. MORITZ Since 1907, flat racing, trotting, and skijoring have been run on Lake St. Moritz. Every year event organizers must wait until the lake freezes enough to be deemed safe and then snow is compacted on top of the ice.
The Sporting Art Auction
Nov. 19, 2014
Smith, Peter - Dawn Over Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy...
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
DAWN OVER MONT SAINT-MICHEL, NORMANDY, FRANCE Known for its towering abbey, the Bay of Mont Saint-Michel has been a strategic fortification point since ancient times. Long a place associated with horses since William the Conqueror and his men were depicted on horseback in the tidal flats on the Bayeux Tapestry, the area served as the starting point for the endurance event of the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.
The Sporting Art Auction
Mar. 05, 2013
Peter A. Smith (b. 1949)
Est: £1,200 - £1,800
Peter A. Smith (b. 1949) Three at the wire signed 'P.A. SMITH' (lower left) oil on canvas 36 x 48 in. (91.5 x 122 cm.)
Christie's
Mar. 05, 2013
Peter A. Smith (b. 1949)
Est: £600 - £1,000
Peter A. Smith (b. 1949) Anyone's race signed 'P. A. Smith.' (lower left) oil on canvas 22 x 30 in. (55.9 x 76.2 cm.)
Christie's
Mar. 05, 2013
Peter A. Smith (b. 1949)
Est: £800 - £1,200
Peter A. Smith (b. 1949) In their stride signed 'P.A. SMITH.' (lower right) oil on canvas 26 x 36 in. (66 x 91.5 cm.)
Christie's
Mar. 05, 2013
Peter A. Smith (b. 1949)
Est: £800 - £1,200
Peter A. Smith (b. 1949) Three out front signed 'P. A. SMITH' (lower left) oil on canvas 26 x 36 in. (66 x 91.5 cm.)
Christie's
Dec. 02, 2012
PETER SMITH, (BRITISH B. 1949), "DOWN TO THE START"
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
PETER SMITH (british b. 1949)/span "DOWN TO THE START" Signed 'P.A. SMITH' bottom right, oil on canvas 18 x 22 in. (45.7 x 55.9cm) provenance: /spanFrost & Reed, New York, New York. Private Collection, Delaware.
Freeman's | Hindman
Jun. 09, 2011
Peter Smith (British, born 1949) Flat out
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
Flat out Signed 'P.A Smith' (lower right) oil on canvas 65 x 90cm (25 9/16 x 35 7/16in).
Bonhams
Jun. 09, 2011
Peter Smith (British, born 1949) At the start
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
At the start signed 'P.A Smith' (lower right) oil on canvas 50 x 75cm (19 11/16 x 29 1/2in).
Bonhams
Nov. 11, 2010
Peter Smith (British, born 1949) At the start
Est: £2,500 - £3,500
At the start signed 'P.A Smith' (lower right) oil on canvas 50 x 75cm (19 11/16 x 29 1/2in).
Bonhams
Nov. 11, 2010
Peter Smith (British, born 1949) Flat out
Est: £2,500 - £3,500
Flat out Signed 'P.A Smith' (lower right) oil on canvas 65 x 90cm (25 9/16 x 35 7/16in).
Bonhams
Oct. 29, 2008
Peter A. Smith (b.1949) Treading The Tide Oil on
Est: €15,000 - €18,000
Peter A. Smith (b.1949) Treading The Tide Oil on canvas, 88 x 58cm Signed
Adam's
Oct. 29, 2008
Peter A. Smith (b.1949) Winter Work Oil on canvas,
Est: €14,000 - €16,000
Peter A. Smith (b.1949) Winter Work Oil on canvas, 83 x 53cm Signed
Adam's