Encounter Bay 1946

Jeffrey Smart (1921-2013)

Encounter Bay 1946

watercolour on paper
27.0 x 37.0 cm
signed lower right: JEFF SMART

Provenance:
Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 13 April 1988, lot 39 (as Victor Harbour)

Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
An Exhibition of Paintings by Jeff Smart and Jacqueline Hick, David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney, 4 - 16 November 1946, cat.29

Paintings by Jacqueline Hick and Jeff Smart, Georges Gallery, Melbourne, 4 - 13 March 1947, cat.6

Exhibition of Oils and Watercolours by Jeff Smart, John Martin's Art Gallery, Adelaide, 5 - 18 May 1948, cat.28

Reference:
Quartermaine, P., Jeffrey Smart, Gryphon Books, Melbourne, 1983, p.101, cat.101

Related Works:
Holiday Resort 1946, oil on canvas, 51.0 x 61.0 cm, Art Gallery of South Australia collection, Adelaide, gift of Douglas and Barbara Mullins to commemorate the Gallery's 125th anniversary, 2006

Estimate: $8000 - 12000

Result Hammer: $11000