The Observer II 1983-84

Jeffrey Smart (1921-2013)

The Observer II 1983-84

synthetic polymer paint and oil on canvas
100.0 x 142.0 cm

signed lower left: JEFFREY SMART

Provenance:

Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, 1984

Private collection, Sydney

Vivienne Sharpe Australian Art, Sydney, 1990

Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:

Jeffrey Smart: Recent Paintings, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, 6 - 24 November 1984, cat.5

Reference:

McDonald, J., Jeffrey Smart: Paintings of the 70s and 80s, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1990, pp.32, 33, 118, 161, cat.274 (illus. front cover, p.119, pl.32)

Fern, L., 'Smart Comes to Life in Scholarly Monograph,' Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 27 April 1991, p.40 (illus.)

Smart, J., et al., Jeffrey Smart Drawings and Studies 1942-2001, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 2001, pp.120, 203 (illus. p.120, pl.32)

Pearce, B., Jeffrey Smart, Beagle Press, Sydney, 2005, pp.176, 196, 271 (illus. p.176)

Allen, C., Jeffrey Smart: Unpublished Paintings 1940-2007, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 2008, p.38 (illus. p.37)

Heathcote, C., 'Jeffrey Smart in "Il Boom" Italy,' Quadrant, July - August 2016, vol.LX, no.7-8, p.103

Related Works:

The Observer I 1983, synthetic polymer paint and oil on fibreglass canvas, 100.0 x 144.0 cm, private collection; illus. in McDonald, J., Jeffrey Smart: Paintings of the 70s and 80s, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1990, p.32, pl.16

Sinopia for the Observer 1983, oil and synthetic polymer paint on paper on canvas, 101.0 x 145.0 cm, private collection; sold Deutscher + Hackett, Sydney, 28 August 2013, lot 37

Estimate: $800000 - 1000000

Result Hammer: $1600000