Study I for Bus Terminus 1972-73

Jeffrey Smart (1921-2013)

Study I for Bus Terminus 1972-73

synthetic polymer paint and oil on canvas-board
57.0 x 48.5 cm

signed lower right: JEFFREY SMART

inscribed verso: STUDY I for BUS TERMINUS

Provenance:

Rudy Komon Art Gallery, Sydney (label attached verso, stock no.3681)

Dr Peter M. Elliott AM, Sydney

Mossgreen Auctions, The Peter Elliott Collection, Sydney, 30 August 2015, lot 14 (as First Study for Bus Terminus)

Savill Galleries, Sydney (label attached verso, stock no.610360, as First Study for Bus Terminus)

Sotheby's Australia, The Denis Savill Collection of Australian Art, Sydney, 10 May 2016, lot 30

The Collection of Millie Phillips, Sydney

Thence by descent, private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:

Jeffrey Smart, Rudy Komon Art Gallery, Sydney, 30 November - 31 December 1973, cat.18

Up Close and Personal: Works from the Collection of Dr Peter Elliott AM, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 12 August - 18 September 2011

Masterpieces from the Peter Elliott Collection, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales, 6 December 2013 - 7 February 2014; Orange Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales, 2 May - 15 June 2014

Breaking History: Denis Savill, Savill Galleries, Sydney, 21 October - 13 November 2015, cat.3

Reference:

Quartermaine, P., Jeffrey Smart, Gryphon Books, Melbourne, 1983, p.112, cat.605

McDonald, J., Jeffrey Smart: Paintings of the 70's and 80's, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1990, p.157, cat.73

Fry, G., The Peter Elliott Collection of Australian Art, The Beagle Press, Sydney, 2013, pp.80, 168, cat.62 (illus. p.81)

Estimate: $150000 - 200000

Result Hammer: $180000