The Hitchhiker 1972

JEFFREY SMART born 1921

The Hitchhiker 1972

oil on canvas
68.5 x 89.0 cm
signed lower right: JEFFREY SMART
signed and inscribed on stretcher verso: THE HITCHIKER [sic] - JEFFREY SMART.

Provenance:
South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne
Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney
Westpac Corporate Art Collection, Sydney (label attached verso)
Christie's Australia, Melbourne, 8 May 2001, lot 33
Bensons Collection, Melbourne
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 16 June 2004, lot 19
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne, 14 - 24 November 1972, cat.3
Rudy Komon Gallery, Melbourne, 30 November - 31 December 1973, cat.12

Reference:
Quartermaine, P., Jeffrey Smart, Gryphon Books, Melbourne, 1983, p.112, cat.609
McDonald, J., Jeffrey Smart: Paintings of the '70s and '80s, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1990, p.157, cat.65

Estimate: $320000 - 400000