JEFFREY SMART
1921-2013
Approach to a City III (1968)
Estimate $650,000 – $850,000
JEFFREY SMART
1921-2013
Approach to a City III (1968)
oil on canvas
signed 'JEFFREY SMART' lower right
66 x 81 cm
- Lot Sold $650,000 (Hammer Price)
- $793,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Clive Evatt, Sydney, acquired from the above in 1969
Australian & International Fine Art, Menzies, Sydney, 24 June 2010, lot 36, illustrated
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
Important Australian & International Fine Paintings & Sculpture, Menzies, Sydney, 22 March 2012, lot 40, illustrated
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
Exhibited
Jeffrey Smart, The Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 17-29 September 1969, no. 8, illustrated
Jeffrey Smart Retrospective Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 27 August - 31 October 1999; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 26 November 1999 - 6 February 2000; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 10 March - 21 May 2000; Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne, 10 June - 6 August 2000, no. 32, illustrated
Master of Stillness: Jeffrey Smart Paintings 1940-2011, Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, University of South Australia, Adelaide, 12 October - 14 December 2012; TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, 21 December 2012 - 1 April 2013, no. 40, illustrated
Literature
Sandra McGrath, 'Jeffrey Smart', Art and Australia, Sydney, Vol. 7, No. 1, June 1969, p. 39 (illustrated), 'Approach to a City II'
Bernard Smith, Australian Painting 1788-1970, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1971, p. 396 (illustrated)
Peter Quartermaine, Jeffrey Smart, Gryphon Books, Melbourne, 1983, cat. no. 499, pp. 58 (illustrated), 110
Edmund Capon with contributions by Barry Pearce and Peter Quartermaine, Jeffrey Smart Retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1999, pp. 96-97 (illustrated), 112 (illustrated), 113 (illustrated), 207
Barry Pearce, Jeffrey Smart, The Beagle Press, Sydney, 2005, pp. 92 (illustrated), 95 (illustrated)
Christopher Allen, Jeffrey Smart: Unpublished Paintings 1940-2007, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 2008, p. 50 (illustrated)
Barry Pearce, Master of Stillness: Jeffrey Smart Paintings 1940-2011, Wakefield Press, Adelaide, 2012, pp. 70-71 (illustrated), 131
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Geoffrey SmithChairman Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Geoffrey Smith |
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Gary SingerChief Executive Officer Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Gary Singer |
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Fiona HaywardSenior Specialist Australian & International Art |
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Brett BallardSenior Specialist Australian & International ArtSydney T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Brett Ballard |
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Liza HallamAdministrator Australian & International ArtMelbourne T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 E: Liza Hallam |
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