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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Timed Online Auction | Fine Art | Australian & International
• Sale Date:
  15 May 2023 ~ 6pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  6050
• Lot Description:
  Jeffery Edson (Jeff) Smart
  (Australia/Italy, 1921-2013)
  The Blue Boat 1949-1950
  Ink, gouache & watercolour on paper
  22. x 26.5 cm Frame: 37 x 14.5 cm
  Inscribed with artist's name & "title" verso, not the artist's hand; Macquarie Galleries, Bligh Street, Sydney, label verso
  Condition: Good, strong colour, mould to inside of glass, bubbling to fabric & age to original frame
• Provenance:
  Purchased: Macquarie Galleries, Drawing Exhibition Catalogue, 13-25 July, 1955, Cat. no. 42, titled: Pensione Tovene, included with lot; Private Collection, Sydney, thence by descent
• Exhibited:
  Jeff Smart, Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne 21-30 July 1953, Cat. no. 11 20gns; The Contemporary Group's Twenty-Sixth Annual exhibition of Paintings, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney 26 October- 7 November 1953, Cat. No. 8, 15gns; Drawing Exhibition, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney 13-25 July 1955 Cat. no. 42, 12gns
• References:
  Quatermaine, P. Jeffrey Smart, Gryphon Books, South Yarra, 1983, p.104 no.104, gouache (dated as 1953) and p.105 no. 297 (as Sant' Angelo 1955 watercolour & gouache)
• Notes:
  The work is probably from the artist's visit to the Island of Ischia, probably from the first period of his stay and shows a view of the village of Sant' Angelo, see two other works of the village from the same period illustrated & a vintage image of the village showing the building featured in The Blue Boat. Thanks to Stephen Rogers, Archivist to the Estate of Jeffrey Smart for this information
• Estimate:
  A$30,000 - 40,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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