Michael Smither
Aotearoa New Zealand, b.1939
Large Kitchen Composition
- 1965
- Oil on board
- Purchased, 1993
- 1244 x 857mm
- 93/45
Tags: animals, bibs (protective wear), blue (color), books, bowls (vessels), cats, chairs (furniture forms), checker pattern, colanders, cups (drinking vessels), eggcups, feeding, food, highchairs (children's chairs), infants, interior, kitchens, mothers, people (agents), saucepans, spoons
Exhibition History
Ape To Zip: Adventures in Alphabet Art, 13 May 2005 – 8 October 2006
In the exhibition Ape to Zip this work was used for the letter B and was displayed with the following label
BAKED BEANS Holding her spoon like a rattle, baby Sarah takes another mouthful. Sarah is Michael Smither's daughter. The cat really looks like it wants a cat door ... There are lots of B words in this painting. How many can you find? Five is good … ten or more is amazing! baked beans, baby, breakfast, bib, bowl, book, box, bench, blonde, boiled egg, broken egg, black cat, (and quite a few blue things).