JEFFREY SMART
1921-2013

JEFFREY SMART

1921-2013
Panel of Studies for Autobahn in the Black Forest (1979)

oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas
signed 'JEFFREY SMART' lower left
52 x 45.5 cm
frame: original, maker unknown

• Lot Sold $200,000 (Hammer Price)
• $245,455 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Jeffrey Smart, Tuscany
Australian Galleries, Melbourne (label verso)
Philip Russell, Victoria, acquired from the above
Australian and European Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Ceramics and Sculpture, Christie's Australia, Melbourne, 1 August 1995, lot 22, 'Panel of Studies for Autobahn, Black Forest', illustrated
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane (label verso)
Private Collection, Tasmania, acquired from the above in 1996
Australian & International Fine Art & Sculpture, Menzies, Melbourne, 23 March 2016, lot 25, illustrated
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above

Exhibited

Jeffrey Smart, Rudy Komon Art Gallery, Sydney, 8 November – 3 December 1980, no. 1
Jeffrey Smart, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 26 October – 7 November 1981, no. 23, 'Panel of Studies for Autobahn, Black Forest'
Jeffrey Smart: Recent Paintings, Redfern Gallery, London, 11 November – 4 December 1982, no. 21, 'Panel of Studies for Autobahn, Black Forest'
Jeffrey Smart: Recent Paintings, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 22 March – 9 April 1983, no. 20, 'Panel of Studies for Autobahn, Black Forest'

Literature

Peter Quartermaine, Jeffrey Smart, Gryphon Books, Melbourne, 1983, cat. no. 736
John MacDonald, Jeffrey Smart: Paintings of the '70s and '80s, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1990, cat. no. 199, p. 159