Born in 1921, artist Jeffrey Smart was to become one of Australia's greatest artists but spend most of his successful career as an expat in Italy. An early student of the South Australian School of Arts and Crafts, and later, the Academie Montmartre in Paris, he absorbed influences from both the world of poetry and painting. The painter Jeffrey Smart responded to T.S. Eliot by creating The Wasteland II, an early working of Smart's vision of urban landscapes. The Modernist symmetry of Dorrit Black's work influenced Smart's eye for symmetry and composition.The depictions of contemporary life such as factories, fences, and vacant lots earned artist Jeffrey Smart the designation of Realist. Yet, Jeffrey Smart's landscapes for sale have been described by many admiring critics as hyper-realistic and surreal. It's his dedication to crafting meticulous representations of the world that is his legacy. Visit riveting depictions of lands and cities by other artists at Invaluable online.
JEFFREY SMART 1921-2013 Final Study for Conversation Piece (1997) oil on canvas signed ‘JEFFREY SMART' lower right 41 x 135 cm frame: original, Brett Lichtenstein, Sydney PROVENANCE Jeffrey Smart, Tuscany Australian Galleries, Sydney (label verso) Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane (label verso) Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney (label verso) Private Collection, Sydney Private Collection, Melbourne EXHIBITED Jeffrey Smart: Paintings and Studies, Australian Galleries, Sydney, 27 October – 21 November 1998, no. 9
JEFFREY SMART 1921-2013 Trumper Park (1961) oil on composition board signed ‘JEFFREY SMART' lower right 50 x 91.5 cm frame: original, maker unknown, Sydney PROVENANCE Jeffrey Smart, Sydney Macquarie Galleries, Sydney John Amory, Sydney, acquired from the above in October 1961 Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above EXHIBITED Jeffrey Smart, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 18-30 October 1961, no. 16, 60 gns Loreto Arts Festival, Loreto Convent, Kirribilli, 6-8 May 1966, no. 29 Masterpieces of Modern Australian Painting from Private Melbourne Collections, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 28 July – 8 August 1999 (label verso) Jeffrey Smart Retrospective Exhibition, 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 Heide, Melbourne, 10 June – 6 August 2000, no. 17, illustrated (label verso) LITERATURE James Gleeson, ‘They're On Their Own', The Sun, Sydney, 18 October 1961 Peter Quartermaine, Jeffrey Smart, Gryphon Books, Melbourne, 1983, cat. no. 378, p. 107 Edmund Capon, Jeffrey Smart: Drawings and Studies 1942-2001, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 2001, p. 60 (illustrated) Edmund Capon with contributions by Barry Pearce and Peter Quartermaine, Jeffrey Smart Retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1999, p. 88 (illustrated) Barry Pearce, Jeffrey Smart, The Beagle Press, Sydney, 2005, pp. 60-61 (illustrated) Christopher Allen, Jeffrey Smart: Unpublished Paintings 1940-2007, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 2008, p. 43 (illustrated)
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW SOUTH WALES JEFFREY SMART (1921-2013) Cable Coils 2001 etching and aquatint 40.5 x 64.0 cm (image); 50.0 x 70.0 cm (sheet); 67.0 x 89.0 cm (framed) edition: Artist's Proof (edition of 80) stamped lower right with facsimile signature: Jeffrey Smart artist's estate stamp lower left
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW SOUTH WALES JEFFREY SMART (1921-2013) The Cable Coils 2000-01 oil on linen 80.0 x 125.0 cm; 94.5 x 139.0 cm (framed) signed lower right: JEFFREY SMART
JEFFREY SMART (1921 - 2013) Study of Ermes de Zan - Drawing for Portici, 1987; Sketch for The Long Shadow, 2000 (double-sided) sepia ink on paper, pen on paper (unframed) signed lower right with dedication: "For dear Janet", with accompanying letter
artist proof impressed stamp and signed bottom right. Impressed stamp and initialed a/p bottom left hand. 53cm h x 46cm w (a/p only) Frank Jeffrey Edson Smart was an expatriate Australian painter known for his precisionist depictions of urban landscapes that are "full of private jokes and playful allusions."
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW SOUTH WALES JEFFREY SMART (1921-2013) The '04 Adelaide Ring 2004 etching 25.5 x 18.0 cm (image); 38.0 x 28.0 cm (sheet); (unframed) edition: 25/200 signed lower right: Jeffrey Smart numbered and titled lower left: The '04 Adelaide Ring commissioned by the Adelaide Festival, Adelaide, 2004
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, CANBERRA JEFFREY SMART (1921-2013) Containers at Pisa Airport 1998 colour etching 16.5 x 23.5 cm (image); 42.0 x 41.5 cm (sheet); 47.5 x 47.0 cm (framed) edition: 15/40 signed lower right: Jeffrey Smart numbered lower left: 15/40 titled lower centre: Containers at Pisa Airport
Two Jeffrey Smart books. 1) Jeffrey Smart Retrospective by Edmund Capon with contributions by Barry Pearce and Peter Quartermaine. Sydney Art Gallery of NSW 1999 . Paperback still in shrink wrap. Excellent condition. 2) Jeffrey Smart: Paintings of the 70s and 80s by John McDonald. Published by Craftsman House, 1997. Quarto hardcover in dustwrapper in excellent condition.
JEFFREY SMART The Guiding Spheres II (Homage to Cezanne) archival pigment print facsimile signature and editioned on margin: Jeffrey Smart / A/P numbered verso: #201079 46.9 x 56cm PROVENANCE Digital Art Directory (certificate of authenticity accompanies this lot)
JEFFREY SMART The Guiding Spheres II (Homage to Cezanne) archival pigment print facsimile signature and editioned on margin: Jeffrey Smart / A/P numbered verso: #2010105 68 x 81.5cm PROVENANCE Digital Art Directory (certificate of authenticity accompanies this lot)
Two Jeffrey Smart books. 1) Jeffrey Smart Retrospective by Edmund Capon with contributions by Barry Pearce and Peter Quartermaine. Sydney Art Gallery of NSW 1999 . Paperback still in shrink wrap. Excellent condition. 2) Jeffrey Smart: Paintings of the 70s and 80s by John McDonald. Published by Craftsman House, 1997. Quarto hardcover in dustwrapper in excellent condition.
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE JEFFREY SMART (1921-2013) Man with Bouquet 1982 aquatint 24.0 x 19.0 cm (image); 56.5 x 49.5 cm (framed) edition: 66/100 signed lower right: Jeffrey Smart titled and numbered lower left: Man with Bouquet 66/100
