The Earthquake 1959

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