FRANK JEFFREY EDSON SMART (1921-2013)
ESSAY - "nORTH sYDNEY, 1978"
The Owner, 1964
oil on board
65.4 x 81.3 cm
signed and dated lower right: JEFFREY SMART 64
inscribed verso: THE/ OWNER/ OUTSIDE ATHENS/ SYLVIA/ PLEASE
PROVENANCE
Private collection, United Kingdom
EXHIBITED
Jeffrey Smart, Galleria 88, Rome, 8-23 April, 1965, no.3
REFERENCES
Allen, C. Jeffrey Smart Unpublished Paintings 1940-2007, Australian Galleries, Collingwood, Victoria, 2008, p.125 (illus.)
Quartermaine, P. Jeffrey Smart, Gryphon Books, South Yarra, Victoria, 1983, p.108, no.42
(c) The Estate of Jeffrey Smart
SOLD
North Sydney , 1978
oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas
63.5 x 91.5 cm
signed lower left: JEFFREY SMART
inscribed on canvas overlap: North Sydney
PROVENANCE
De Beers Collection of Contemporary Art, London
Christie's, Australian Art, London, 26 September 2013, lot 68
EXHIBITED
Jeffrey Smart: New Paintings, The Redfern Gallery, London, June-July 1979, cat. no. 5
REFERENCES
P. Quartermaine, Jeffrey Smart, Gryphon Books Pty Ltd, South Yarra, 1983, p.59 (illustrated), p.116 no. 733
J. McDonald, Jeffrey Smart: Paintings of the 70s and 80s, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1990, p.98, pl.22, p.99 (illustrated)
Art and Artists, August 1979, vol.14, no.4, cover illustration (detail), p.45 (illustrated)
SOLD
ENTRANCE TO THE AUTOSTRADA, 1966 – 67
THE LIGHTHOUSE, FIUMICINO, 1968 – 69
oil on canvas
81.0 x 65.0 cm
signed lower right: JEFFREY SMART
inscribed with title verso: THE LIGHTHOUSE / FIUMICINO
bears inscription verso: Prop. I.L.F. MACKAY / MONA / BRAIDWOOD / …
PROVENANCE
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Iain (Jock) Mackay, Braidwood, New South Wales
Christie’s, Sydney, 3 October 1973, lot 485
Alan and Nola Geddes, Sydney
Estate of Nola Geddes, Sydney
EXHIBITED
Jeffrey Smart, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 17 – 29 September 1969, cat. 19 (as ‘The Lighthouse’)
LITERATURE
Quartermaine, P., Jeffrey Smart, Gryphon Books, Melbourne, 1983, cat. 513, p. 110 (as ‘The Lighthouse’)
oil on canvas
60.5 x 80.5 cm
signed lower right: JEFFREY SMART
inscribed with title verso: Entrance to the Autostrada
inscribed on stretcher bar verso: THE MODEL FOR THE FIGURE (NOT THE FACE) WAS ALAN McELWAIN !
PROVENANCE
South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne
Alan and Nola Geddes, Sydney
Estate of Nola Geddes, Sydney
EXHIBITED
Jeffrey Smart, Redfern Gallery, London, 7 February – 4 March 1967, cat. 17
Jeffrey Smart Recent Paintings, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 31 May – 12 June 1967, cat. 12
Jeffrey Smart, South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne, 21 May 1968, cat. 17
LITERATURE
Quartermaine, P., Jeffrey Smart, Gryphon Books, Melbourne, 1983, cat. 507, p. 110 (incorrect date and size)