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July 28, 2022

Deco + Design III

Lot 211

Frank Jeffrey Edson Smart

Pietro (1958)

Dimensions

sheet: 18 3/4 x 12 3/8 inches

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Price Realized: $7,500
Includes buyer's premium

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Frank Jeffrey Edson Smart

Australian (1921-2013)

Pietro (1958)

Description: inscribed 'Pietro' lower right with small sketch of face in ink verso
Details: watercolor and ink on paper

sheet: 18 3/4 x 12 3/8 inches

inscribed 'To Gordon' and signed upper left

Provenance: Property from the Collection of Seymour Stein

Christie's, Melbourne, 'Australian International and Contemporary Paintings including Property from the Collection of the Late Gordon House,' 22 August 2005, lot 190 Christie's, Melbourne, 27 August 2002, lot 310 Private Collection
Condition: hinged along upper edge, overall with toning and foxing with staining, area of purple accretion to figure's shorts
Frame Information: unframed

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Seymour Stein

Legendary Sire Records co-founder, Seymour Stein, kick-started the era of punk and new wave music in the 1970s and ‘80s, by signing to the label such iconic artists as the Ramones, The Smiths, Talking Heads, Depeche Mode, Ice-T, and famously, in 1982, Madonna. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.

Beginning in the early 1970s, while traveling as a young businessman throughout Europe, Stein developed an enthusiasm for early 20th-century art. Wherever he went, he sought out antique stores, art fairs, and major auction houses — ultimately forging a vast collection.

The Collecting Eye of Seymour Stein, Sotheby’s 2003 auction showcased Stein’s interest in Art Deco furniture and porcelain, metalwork and glassware, European Symbolist and Pre-Raphaelite paintings. Works from the distinguished collection were also included in Sotheby’s 2018, Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, auction.

Seymour Stein passed on April 2nd, 2023.