Approach to a City III 1968-69

JEFFREY SMART born 1921

Approach to a City III 1968-69

oil on canvas
66.0 x 81.0 cm
signed lower right: JEFFREY SMART

Provenance:
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Clive and Elizabeth Evatt, New South Wales
Menzies, Sydney, 24 June 2010, lot 36
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
Jeffrey Smart, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 17 - 29 September 1969, cat.8, $1,200 (label attached verso) (illus. exhibition catalogue, cover)
Jeffrey Smart: Retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 27 August - 31 October 1999; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 26 November 1999 - 6 February 2000; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 10 March - 21 May 2000; Museum of Modern Art at Heidi, Victoria, 10 June - 6 August 2000 (label attached verso)

This work has been requested for loan at the following exhibition: Jeffrey Smart: Master of Stillness, 12 October - 14 December 2012, Samstag Museum of Art, University Of South Australia, Adelaide and December 2012 - March 2013, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Melbourne.

Reference:
McGrath, S., 'Jeffrey Smart', Art and Australia, Ure Smith, Sydney, vol.7, no.1, June 1969, pp.32-39, (illus., p.39 as Approach to a City II 1968-69)
Benko, N., Art and Artists of South Australia, Lidums, Adelaide, 1969, p.138 (illus.)
Smith, B., Australian Painting: 1788-1970, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1974, pp.396,457 (illus. fig.236)
Quartermaine, P., Jeffrey Smart, Gryphon Books, Melbourne, 1983, pp.58,110, cat.498 (illus.)
Capon, E., [Pearce, B. & Quartermaine, P., (contrib.)], Jeffrey Smart: Retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1999, p.207 (illus. pp.96-97 [detail], 112 [detail], p.113, cat.32)
Pearce, B., Jeffrey Smart, The Beagle Press, Sydney, 2005, pp.157,254 (illus. pp.92 [detail], 95)
Strickland, K., 'Legal eagle Evatt a Smart seller', The Australian Financial Review, Sydney, 24 June 2010, p.21
Strickland, K., 'Smart's 'Holiday' sells for record', The Australian Financial Review, Sydney, 25 June 2010, p.32

Estimate: $550000 - 750000

Result Hammer: $480000