The Billboards II 1969-70

Jeffrey Smart (1921-2013)

The Billboards II 1969-70

oil on canvas
60.0 x 80.0 cm

signed lower left: JEFFREY SMART

inscribed verso: THE BILLBOARDS II

Provenance:

The artist

Acquired from the artist, Mr Keith Looby, Sydney

Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, c1984

Private collection, Sydney

Thence by descent, private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:

Recent Paintings by Jeffrey Smart, Leicester Galleries, London, 4 - 27 June 1970, cat.27

Jeffrey Smart, South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne, 17 - 30 November 1970, cat.23

Reference:

Quartermaine, P., Jeffrey Smart, Gryphon Books, Melbourne, 1983, pp.63, 64, 112, cat.574

McDonald, J., Jeffrey Smart Paintings of the '70s and '80s, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1990, p.156, cat.7

Pearce, B., Jeffrey Smart, The Beagle Press, Sydney, 2005, p.268 (illus. p.100)

Related Works:

The Billboards 1965, oil on canvas, 40.0 x 70.0 cm, private collection; referenced in Quartermaine, P., Jeffrey Smart, Gryphon Books, Melbourne, 1983, p.109, cat.435

Estimate: $250000 - 350000