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Hughie Lee-Smith (American, 1915-1999) Boy with a Flute Oil on canvas 36 x 48 inches (91.4 x 121.9 cm) Signed upper ...

Hughie Lee-Smith (American, 1915-1999) Boy with a Flute Oil on canvas 36 x 48 inches (91.4 x 121.9 cm) Signed upper ...

Auction amount: $312,500

Sold: Nov 4, 2022

Hughie Lee-Smith (American, 1915-1999)

Paintings

Biography:
Mr. Lee-Smith won honors for painting in 1953 from the Detroit Institute of Arts. From 1958 to 1973 he taught at the Art Students League in Manhattan. In 1994 he was commissioned to paint the official City Hall portrait of Mayor David N. Dinkins.

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Hughie Lee-Smith (American, 1915-1999)
Boy with a Flute
Oil on canvas
36 x 48 inches (91.4 x 121.9 cm)
Signed upper left: Lee-Smith

Auction 8099 | Lot: 67168 | Nov 4, 2022

Sold For: $312,500.00

Make Offer to Owner
$468,750 or more
Hughie Lee-Smith (American, 1915-1999)
Seascape, 1954
Oil on Masonite
19 x 36 inches (48.3 x 91.4 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: Lee-Smith / 54

Property of an Important Midwestern Collector

Auction 8113 | Lot: 67045 | May 12, 2023

Sold For: $206,250.00
Hughie Lee-Smith (American, 1915-1999)
Ambiguities, 1991
Oil on canvas
30 x 30 inches (76.2 x 76.2 cm)
Signed lower right: H. Lee Smith
Inscribed on the stretcher bar: #185

Property from the Collection of a Distinguished Academic Woman

Auction 8163 | Lot: 67079 | May 15, 2024

Sold For: $93,750.00

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$140,625 or more
HUGHIE LEE-SMITH (American, 1915-1999)
Untitled A, 1980
Oil on canvas
30 x 36 inches (76.2 x 91.4...
Auction 5043 | Lot: 72079 | Jun 9, 2010

Sold For: $23,900.00
HUGHIE LEE-SMITH (American, 1915-1999)
Rooftop and Landscape Study with Figure: A Double-Sided Work, circa 1952-1957
Oil on canvas
18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61.0 cm)
Signed lower left: Lee-Smith

Auction 5069 | Lot: 64145 | Nov 8, 2011

Sold For: $16,730.00
HUGHIE LEE-SMITH (American, 1915-1999)
Woman in Purple Dress, Cat's Cradle, 1993
Watercolor and ink ...
Auction 5043 | Lot: 72078 | Jun 9, 2010

Sold For: $3,585.00
Hughie Lee-Smith (American, 1915-1999)
Artist Life #2, 1939
Lithograph on paper
9 x 9-7/8 inches (22.9 x 25.1 cm) (image)
Signed and titled in pencil along lower edge

Black Art from a Distinguished Collector

Auction 15177 | Lot: 33040 | Feb 14, 2022

Sold For: $3,250.00

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$4,875 or more
Hughie Lee-Smith (American, 1915-1999)
Bananas, 1978
Oil on canvas
12 x 16 inches (30.5 x 40.6 cm)
Signed lower right: Lee-Smith
Bears date, title, and inscription on the reverse: Bananas / Dec. 1978 / Gertrude / gave me / this / picture / Blanche L. King

Auction 5275 | Lot: 68053 | Nov 12, 2016

Sold For: $2,500.00
HUGHIE LEE-SMITH (American, 1915-1999)
Untitled Landscape, 1953
Watercolor on board
13-3/4 x 20-3/4 inches (34.9 x 52.7 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: Lee.Smith / '53

Auction 5069 | Lot: 64141 | Nov 8, 2011

Sold For: $2,031.50

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