LEE N. SMITH (American, b. 1950). Nights We Could Fly, 1979. Serigraph in colors. 15-3/4 x 15 inches (40.0 x 38.1 cm). E...

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LEE N. SMITH (American, b. 1950)
Nights We Could Fly, 1979
Serigraph in colors
15-3/4 x 15 inches (40.0 x 38.1 cm)
Ed. 34/75
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered along bottom edge

Lee N. Smith III moved to Dallas from New Orleans at age six. Without formal training, Smith started to paint in 1974 and soon had a solo exhibition at the University of Texas at Arlington in 1979. In 1984, Smith was one of less than thirty artists chosen to represent the United States at the prestigious Venice Biennale. Smith quickly became acclaimed for paintings drawn from his childhood memories, often set in surreal suburban landscapes. Smith has had major exhibitions at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, the Dallas Museum of Art, and the Dallas Contemporary. His works can be found in the collections of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, the Dallas Museum of Art, and the Tyler Museum of Art.


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