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An image of The stilt race by Jeffrey Smart

Jeffrey Smart

(Italy, Australia 1921– )

Title
The stilt race
Place of origin
SydneyNew South WalesAustralia
Year
(1960)
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on plywood
Dimensions

56.3 x 91.3cm board; 61.8 x 97.3 x 5.0cm frame

Signature & date
Signed l.l. corner, white oil "JEFFREY SMART". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1961
Accession number
OA16.1961
Copyright
© AGNSW
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (11)

Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Master of stillness: Jeffrey Smart paintings 1940–2011, Kent Town, 2012, 54-55 (colour illus.), 130. cat.no. 28

Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Jeffrey Smart, Roseville, 2005, 56 (colour illus.), 126, 253.

Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Parallel visions: works from the Australian collection, Domain, 2002, 123 (colour illus.), 146, 147.

Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Author), Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Peter Quartermaine (Australia) (Author), Jeffrey Smart retrospective, Sydney, 1999, 86 (colour illus.), 204. cat.no. 15

William Kelly (United States of America; Australia, b.1943) (Author), Heritage of Australian art: reflections on the history of Australian painters and paintings, Melbourne, 1984, 55 (colour illus.).

Jeffrey Smart 1983, 1983, 107 (illus.). cat.no. 360

Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Author), Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Ursula Prunster (Australia) (Author), Jeffrey Smart - A review exhibition, Domain, 1982, 6. cat.no. 15

Tony Lenten (Australia) (Author), City art, Victoria, 1978, 33 (illus.), 107 (colour illus.).

Robert Lindsay (Australia, b.1945) (Author), Aspects of Australian Art: Art Gallery of New South Wales travelling art exhibition 1976, Sydney, 1976, illus.. cat.no. 63; not paginated

The Christian Science Monitor 21 Jun 1961, 21 Jun 1961, (illus.). Review of exhibition of Australian art held at Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, by Marjorie Bruce-Milne.

'Great impact of paintings by Australians' by Terence Mullaly., The daily telegraph and morning post 06 Jun 1961, 06 Jun 1961, (illus.). Review of exhibition of Australian art held at Whitechapel Art Gallery, London.

Exhibition history (11)

Recent Australian Painting, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Jun 1961–Jul 1961.

Jeffrey Smart (1961), Macquarie Galleries, Oct 1961 -.

Purchases and Acquisitions for 1961, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Apr 1962–25 May 1962.

Aspects of Australian art: Art Gallery of New South Wales Travelling Art Exhibition 1976, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1976–1977.

Jeffrey Smart - A review exhibition (1982), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 17 Jun 1982–08 Aug 1982.

Jeffrey Smart retrospective (1999-2000), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 27 Aug 1999–31 Oct 1999.

Jeffrey Smart retrospective (1999-2000), Art Gallery of South Australia, 26 Nov 1999–06 Feb 2000.

Jeffrey Smart retrospective (1999-2000), Queensland Art Gallery, 10 Mar 2000–21 May 2000.

Jeffrey Smart retrospective (1999-2000), Heide Museum of Modern Art, 10 Jun 2000–06 Aug 2000.

Parallel Visions: Twenty-two artists from the Australian collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Feb 2002–May 2003.

Master of stillness: Jeffrey Smart paintings 1940–2011, Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, 12 Oct 2012–14 Dec 2012.