Study for Rifle Range, Williamstown 1947

JEFFREY SMART born 1921

Study for Rifle Range, Williamstown 1947

watercolour and gouache on paper
22.0 x 36.5 cm
signed and dated lower right: Jeff Smart 47

Provenance:
Private collection, Melbourne
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 13 March 2007, lot 59
Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:
John Martin's Art Gallery, Adelaide, 5 - 18 May 1948, cat.22, 10 Gns

Reference:
Kohlhagen, L, 'Latest Work Shows Artistic Integrity of Jeff Smart, The Express, 1 May 1948, p.16
Quartermaine, P., Jeffrey Smart Gryphon Books, Melbourne, 1983, p.102, cat.120

We appreciate the assistance of Stephen Rogers, Archivist for Jeffrey Smart with this catalogue entry

Estimate: $12000 - 18000

Result Hammer: $9500