Jeffrey Smart (1921-2013)
The Bather, Bondi 1962
Estimate: $300000 - 400000
Description
Jeffrey Smart (1921-2013)
The Bather, Bondi 1962
oil on board
49.0 x 72.0 cm
signed lower left: JEFFREY SMART
Provenance:
South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne, 1962
Jean Parker (formerly Mrs Ramsey), Melbourne
Estate of the above
Amanda Addams Auctions, Melbourne, 13 April 2008, lot 285
Private collection, Melbourne
Exhibited:
Jeffrey Smart, South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne, 11-24 November 1962, cat.7
Jeffrey Smart, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 21 August - 2 September 1963, cat.4
On the Beach, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 11 December 2015 - 28 February 2016
(illus. exhibition catalogue, pp.24-25)
Reference:
Quartermaine, P., Jeffrey Smart, Gryphon Books, Melbourne, 1983, p.107, cat.379
Dutton, G., Sun, Sea, Surf and Sand: The Myth of the Beach, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1985, pp.98-99 (illus.)
Allen, C., Jeffrey Smart: Unpublished Paintings, 1940-2007, Australian Galleries in association with Thames & Hudson, Melbourne, 2008, p.39 (illus. p.113)
Estimate: $300000 - 400000