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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

Jeffrey Smart
1921-2013

THE HITCH-HIKER (1972)

Estimate $300,000 – $400,000

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© The Estate of Jeffrey Smart

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

Jeffrey Smart

1921-2013
THE HITCH-HIKER (1972)

oil on canvas
signed 'JEFFREY SMART' lower right
70 X 90CM

  • Lot Sold $300,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $366,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Rudy Komon Art Gallery, Sydney
Professor Douglas Joseph, Sydney
Westpac Banking Corporation, Sydney
Australian and International Paintings, Christie's, Melbourne, 8 May 2001, lot 33, illustrated
Bensons Collection, Melbourne
Australian + International Fine Art, Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 16 June 2004, lot 19, illustrated
Private Collection, Melbourne

Exhibited

Jeffrey Smart, South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne, 14-24 November 1972, no. 3
Jeffrey Smart, Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney, 30 November - 31 December 1973, no. 12

Literature

Elizabeth Riddell, 'A Painter of the Century', The Australian, Sydney, 10 December 1973, p. 12
Peter Quartermaine, Jeffrey Smart, Gryphon Books, Melbourne, 1983, cat. no. 609

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Important Australian Art

AU0779  |  27 Aug 2013  |  Sydney
6:30 PM


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