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Title
The stilt race
(1960)
Details
Date
(1960)
Materials used
oil on plywood
Dimensions
56.3 x 91.3 cm board; 61.8 x 97.3 x 5.0 cm frame
Signature & date
Signed l.l. corner, white oil "JEFFREY SMART". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1961
Location
Not on display
Accession number
OA16.1961
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Jeffrey Smart
The stilt race
Place
Where the work was made
Sydney
Shown in 8 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Recent Australian Painting, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, Jun 1961–Jul 1961
Jeffrey Smart (1961), Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, Oct 1961 -
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1961, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 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, Sydney, 1976–1977
Jeffrey Smart - A review exhibition (1982), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 Jun 1982–08 Aug 1982
Jeffrey Smart retrospective (1999-2000):
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 27 Aug 1999–31 Oct 1999
- Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide 26 Nov 1999–06 Feb 2000
- Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane 10 Mar 2000–21 May 2000
- Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne 10 Jun 2000–06 Aug 2000
Parallel Visions: Twenty-two artists from the Australian collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Feb 2002–May 2003
Master of stillness: Jeffrey Smart paintings 1940–2011:
- Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide 12 Oct 2012–14 Dec 2012
- TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville 21 Dec 2012–01 Apr 2013
Referenced in 11 publications
Bibliography
Edmund Capon, Parallel visions: works from the Australian collection, 'John Brack / Jeffrey Smart', pg. 116-127, Sydney, 2002, 123 (colour illus.), 146, 147.
William Kelly, Heritage of Australian art: reflections on the history of Australian painters and paintings, 'Introduction', pg. 4-7, Melbourne, 1984, 55 (colour illus.).
Robert Lindsay., Aspects of Australian Art: Art Gallery of New South Wales travelling art exhibition 1976, 'Jeffrey Smart', Sydney, 1976, illus.. cat.no. 63; not paginated
Terence Mullaly., The daily telegraph and morning post, 'Great impact of paintings by Australians', London, 06 Jun 1961, (illus.). Review of exhibition of Australian art held at Whitechapel Art Gallery, London.
Edmund Capon, Barry Pearce and Unknown, Jeffrey Smart retrospective, 'Sydney Period 1951-63', pg. 83-96, Sydney, 1999, 86 (colour illus.), 204. cat.no. 15
Jeffrey Smart, 'Art and life in South Australia', pg. 24-69, Sydney, 2005, 56 (colour illus.), 126, 253.
Jeffrey Smart, South Yarra, 1983, 107 (illus.). cat.no. 360
Jeffrey Smart - A review exhibition, Sydney, 1982, 6. cat.no. 15
Unknown, City art, 'Menace and the city', Victoria, 1978, 33 (illus.), 107 (colour illus.).
Master of stillness: Jeffrey Smart paintings 1940–2011, Kent Town, 2012, 54-55 (colour illus.), 130. cat.no. 28
The Christian Science Monitor, Boston, 21 Jun 1961, (illus.). Review of exhibition of Australian art held at Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, by Marjorie Bruce-Milne.