Lot 21
The Directors 1977
aquatint etching, ed. 26/90
signed lower right: Jeffrey Smart
editioned lower left
12 x 75cm (image); 44 x 102.5cm (frame)
Estimate $6,000 - $8,000
Private collection, Sydney
Jeffrey Smart, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 29 March - 1 April 1978 (another example)
Quartermaine, P., Jeffrey Smart, Gryphon Books, Melbourne, 1983, p. 115, cat. no. 696 (another example)
McDonald, J., Jeffrey Smart: Paintings of the 70s and 80s, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1990, p. 158, cat. no. 137 (another example)
RELATED WORK:
Jeffrey Smart, First Sepia Study for Aquatint `The Directors' 1977, ink wash, 15.6 x 84.9cm, the collection of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Jeffrey Smart, The Directors 1977, oil on plywood, 46.5 x 209.5cm, the collection of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Jeffrey Smart, The Directors 1980, aquatint on paper, 11.8 x 75cm, the collection of Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
© The Estate of Jeffrey Smart
Prints and Multiples
AUCTION
Sale: IT098
6:00pm - 3 December 2025
Timed Online Auction (Melbourne)
VIEWING
Fri 28 - Sun 30 Nov, 10am - 4pm
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