Jeffrey Smart (1921-2013)
The Earthquake 1959
Estimate: $55000 - 75000
Sold For:
$65000 hammer
Description
Jeffrey Smart (1921-2013)
The Earthquake 1959
oil on board
49.0 x 36.5 cm
signed lower left: JEFFREY SMART
Provenance:
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Artarmon Galleries, Sydney
Private collection, Sydney
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 16 March 2005, lot 3
Company collection, Sydney
Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 17 July 2005, lot 25
Private collection, Sydney
Menzies, Melbourne, 20 April 2012, lot 13
Private collection, New South Wales
Exhibited:
Jeffrey Smart, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 15 - 23 September 1959, cat.12
Reference:
Gleeson, J., 'Strange Design in Art', The Sun, Sydney, 16 September 1959
Quartermaine, P., Jeffrey Smart, Gryphon Books, Melbourne, 1983, p.106, cat.342
Estimate: $55000 - 75000
Result Hammer: $65000