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JEFFREY SMART - Study for the Argument, Prenestina

JEFFREY SMART born 1921

Study for the Argument, Prenestina 1980

Estimate: $100000 - 140000

Sold For:
$90000 hammer
$108000 inc. buyer's premium

 

JEFFREY SMART born 1921

Study for the Argument, Prenestina 1980

synthetic polymer paint on paper
60.0 x 32.5 cm
signed lower right: JEFFREY SMART

Provenance:
Australian Galleries, Melbourne (label attached verso)
Mr and Mrs A. Porritt, Melbourne
Christie's, Melbourne, 27 August 2002, lot 27
Savill Galleries, Melbourne/Sydney (label attached verso)
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
Jeffrey Smart, Redfern Galleries, London, 11 November - 4 December 1982, cat.25.
Jeffrey Smart: Recent, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 22 March - 9 April 1983, cat.15
Australian Paintings, Savill Galleries, Melbourne, 14 February - 16 March 2003, cat.49 (illus.)
On Loan, Sale Regional Gallery, Victoria, 2009

Reference:
Quartermaine, P., Jeffrey Smart, Gryphon Books, Melbourne, 1983, p.116, cat.756
McDonald, J., Jeffrey Smart: Paintings of the '70s and '80s, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1990, p.159, cat.208

Estimate: $100000 - 140000

Result Hammer: $90000

Location

Auction in Sydney, 16 December 2009
Deutscher-Menzies, Australian & International Fine Art, Lots 1 - 110
Lawson-Menzies, Colonial to Contemporary including Important Aboriginal Art, Lots 111 - 252
Exhibition in Melbourne, 3-6 December 2009
Exhibition in Sydney, 10-15 December 2009

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