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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK

JEFFREY SMART
1921-2013

First Study for The Construction Fence (1978)

$300,000–500,000

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© The Estate of Jeffrey Smart

PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK

JEFFREY SMART

1921-2013
First Study for The Construction Fence (1978)

oil on canvas
signed 'JEFFREY SMART' lower right
28 x 75 cm

  • Lot Sold $470,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $576,818 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Jeffrey Smart, Tuscany
Rudy Komon Art Gallery, Sydney (stock 5067)
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 1980
Private Collection, New York, by descent from the above

Exhibited

Jeffrey Smart, Redfern Gallery, London, 7 June - 4 July 1979, no. 2, 'The First Study for The Construction Fence'
Jeffrey Smart, Rudy Komon Art Gallery, Sydney, 8 November - 3 December 1980, no. 26, 'The First Study for Construction Fence'

Literature

Peter Quartermaine, Jeffrey Smart, Gryphon Books, Melbourne, 1983, cat. no. 724, p. 115
John McDonald, Jeffrey Smart: Paintings of the '70s and '80s, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1990, cat. no. 174, p. 159

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