Mr and Mrs A. E. 1959

JEFFREY SMART (1921-2013)

Mr and Mrs A. E. 1959

oil and hessian on board
47.0 x 30.0 cm; 61.0 x 44.0 cm (framed)
signed lower right: JEFFREY SMART

portrait study of a boy on verso, inscribed: Lawrence Beck

Provenance:
Private collection
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 26 July 1987, lot 469 (as Mr and Mrs Abstract Expressionist)
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
(probably) Jeffrey Smart, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 15-23 September 1959

Reference:
Quartermaine, P., Jeffrey Smart, Gryphon Books, Melbourne, 1983, p.106, cat.347 (as Mr and Mrs AE)

Estimate: $45000 - 65000

Sold by private sale

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