Journals
Jeffrey Smart, ‘The Bather, Bondi’ (1962)
Friday, June 16th, 2023 Journals,JEFFREY SMART (1921-2013) The Bather, Bondi 1962 oil on board 49.0 x 72.0 cm signed lower left: JEFFREY SMART Provenance: South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne, 1962 Jean Parker (formerly Ramsey), Melbourne Estate of the above Amanda Addams Auctions, Melbourne, 13 April 2008, lot 285 Private collection, Melbourne Exhibited: Jeffrey Smart, South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne,11-24 November 1962, cat.7 […]
John Olsen, ‘Lake Alexandrina and Dirt Roads’ (1997-98)
Friday, June 16th, 2023 Journals,JOHN OLSEN Lake Alexandrina and Dirt Roads 1997-98 oil on canvas 199.0 x 183.0 cm signed and dated lower right: John/ Olsen/ 97-98 signed and inscribed verso: Dirt Roads & Lake John/ Olsen Provenance: Savill Galleries, Sydney Private collection, Melbourne Exhibited: John Olsen: Recent Work 1995-1998, Olsen Carr Art Dealers, Sydney, 7-25 April 1998, cat.13 (illus. […]
Jeffrey Smart: ‘Petrol Station’ (1975)
Friday, March 10th, 2023 Journals,JEFFREY SMART Petrol Station 1975 oil on canvas on board 34.5 x 39.5 cm signed lower left: JEFFREY SMART Provenance: South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne (label attached verso) Private collection, Melbourne Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 4 November 1981, lot 25 Private collection, Melbourne Exhibited: (Probably) Jeffrey Smart, South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne, 3 April 1975 (Or) Jeffrey Smart, South […]
Jeffrey Smart: First Study for Waiting for the Hovercraft, Boulogne (1986-87)
Friday, March 10th, 2023 Journals,JEFFREY SMART (1921-2013) First Study for Waiting For the Hovercraft, Boulogne 1986-87 oil on paper on canvas 32.5 x 45.0 cm signed lower left: JEFFREY SMART Provenance: Australian Galleries, Melbourne Private collection, Melbourne Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 4 March 2003, lot 76 (as Second Study for ‘Waiting For the Hovercraft, Boulogne’ ) Ronald Coles, Sydney Acquired from the above, private […]
Fred Williams: Australian Landscape 1 (1969)
Friday, March 10th, 2023 Journals,FRED WILLIAMS (1927-1982) Australian Landscape I 1969 oil on canvas 121.0 x 152.5 cm bears inscription verso: FRED WILLIAMS/ LW CAT 927 label attached verso with artist’s name and title Provenance: The Estate of Fred Williams, Melbourne (cat.927) Lyn Williams AM, Melbourne Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney Private collection, Sydney Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney […]
Fred Williams, Werribee Gorge (10)(1977-78)
Friday, December 16th, 2022 Journals,By the time he discovered Werribee Gorge, in 1977, Fred Williams had nothing left to prove. He was the country’s leading landscape painter, and one of the most highly respected figures in Australian art. He sat on the Acquisitions Committee of the Australian National Gallery, as it was then known, and had served as a […]
Jeffrey Smart, Study I for Bus Terminus (1972-73)
Friday, December 16th, 2022 Journals,A painting by Jeffrey Smart might begin with a sudden epiphany, a flash of inspiration found by the side of the road. Smart would make a quick sketch, and maybe a snapshot, then store the motif on an imaginary shelf, awaiting its day in the studio. At this point, the hard work would begin. An […]
Jeffrey Smart, Ticket Boxes, Catania (1964)
Friday, December 16th, 2022 Journals,There’s a peculiar melancholy about an empty space designed to accommodate a crowd. Anybody who has ever visited a resort town out-of-season can testify to the sense of desolation one feels in such places, in which shops, restaurants and hotels are geared to the needs of tourists and pleasure-seekers. The brazen trappings of the leisure […]
Lynn Chadwick Maquette II Diamond (1984)
Friday, December 16th, 2022 Journals,Lynn Chadwick’s career will always be remembered for one extraordinary moment, when he represented Great Britain at the Venice Biennale of 1956, and won the International Sculpture Prize. The Englishman was a surprising and controversial choice because it was widely believed the recipient should have been Alberto Giacometti. It had been a convention that the […]
Jeffrey Smart: Portrait of Germaine Greer (1984)
Thursday, September 15th, 2022 Journals,It’s a testimony to the public perception of Germaine Greer that viewers are surprised Jeffrey Smart has made her seem so prim, so demure. Surely, the outspoken author of The Female Eunuch (1970) should be shown making some provocative gesture, staring challengingly at the viewer. Instead, Smart has portrayed the 45-year-old Greer sitting stiffly on […]