Bus by the Tiber 1977-78

JEFFREY SMART (1921-2013)

Bus by the Tiber 1977-78

oil on canvas
66.0 x 84.0 cm
signed lower right: JEFFREY SMART
inscribed verso: YELLOW BUS BY THE TIBER

Provenance:
Rudy Komon Art Gallery, Sydney, 1980 (label attached verso, stock no.5073)
Private collection, Sydney
Menzies, Sydney, 9 August 2018, lot 37
Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:
Jeffrey Smart - New Paintings, The Redfern Gallery, London, 7 June - 4 July 1979, cat.19
Jeffrey Smart, Rudy Komon Art Gallery, Sydney, 8 November - 3 December 1980, cat.32

Reference:
Quartermaine, P., Jeffrey Smart, Gryphon Books, Melbourne, 1983, p.114, cat.686
McDonald, J., Jeffrey Smart: Paintings of the '70s and '80s, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1990, p.158, cat.159

Related Works:
First Study for Bus by the Tiber 1977-78, oil on board, 22.5 x 33.0 cm, private collection
Second Study for Bus by the Tiber 1977-78, oil on canvas, 23.0 x 24.0 cm, private collection

Estimate: $600000 - 700000