The Earthquake 1959

JEFFREY SMART born 1921

The Earthquake 1959

oil on composition board
50.5 x 38.0 cm
signed lower left: JEFFREY SMART

Provenance:
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Artarmon Gallery, Sydney
Private collection, Sydney
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 16 March 2005, lot 3
Private company collection, Sydney
Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 17 July 2005, lot 25
Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 15 - 23 September 1959, cat.12

Reference:
Gleeson, J., 'Strange Design in Art', The Sun, 16 September 1959
Quartermaine, P., Jeffrey Smart, Gryphon Books, Melbourne, 1983, p.106, cat.342

Estimate: $38000 - 48000

Result Hammer: $42000