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Cyclamen
Purchased 1935
cyclamen
plants and flowers
painting oil paint canvas
Cyclamen
support: 610 × 508 mm
Purchased 1935
<p><b>N04782</b>	CYCLAMEN <i>c.</i> 1920</p>
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<p>Not inscribed.
<br/>Canvas, 24×20 (61×50·5).
<br/>Purchased from the artist through Arthur Tooth &amp; Sons (Clarke Fund) 1935.
<br/><i>Exh:</i>
<i>Pictures for Collectors</i>, Tooth's, January 1932 (28); <i>Contemporary British Art</i>, Tooth's, summer 1932 (27); Tate Gallery, September–October 1953 (20), and Arts Council tour, November 1953–February 1954 (12).</p>
<p>Probably painted <i>c.</i> 1920 since it is close in style to ‘Cornish Church’ (<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/smith-cornish-church-n05903" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N05903</span></a>).</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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cyclamen plants and flowers