Frank Jeffrey Edson Smart
Study for Portrait of Germaine Greer
Found at
Christies,
Melbourne
AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS, Lot 3
6. May - 7. May 2003
AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS, Lot 3
6. May - 7. May 2003
Estimate: 35.000 - 45.000 AUD
Price realised: 84.600 AUD
Price realised: 84.600 AUD
Description
FRANK JEFFREY EDSON SMART (b. 1921)
Study for Portrait of Germaine Greer
signed 'JEFFREY SMART' (lower left)
acrylic and oil on fabriano paper on board
42 x 50 cm
Painted in 1984
Study for Portrait of Germaine Greer
signed 'JEFFREY SMART' (lower left)
acrylic and oil on fabriano paper on board
42 x 50 cm
Painted in 1984
Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.
This artwork by Frank Jeffrey Edson Smart achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Melbourne in May 2003. In the AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS auction, the work Study for Portrait of Germaine Greer sold for AUD 84,600.00 (€ 46,829.83) - well above the upper estimate of AUD 45,000.00. Admittedly, works by Frank Jeffrey Edson Smart have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work The Arezzo Turn-Off II in November 2001 with an auction result of AUD 376,000.00 (€ 218,388.93).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Frank Jeffrey Edson Smart erzielte im Mai 2003 bei Christies in Melbourne einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion AUSTRALIAN, INTERNATIONAL & CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS wurde die Arbeit Study for Portrait of Germaine Greer für AUD 84.600,00 (€ 46.829,83) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von AUD 45.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Frank Jeffrey Edson Smart auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit The Arezzo Turn-Off II im November 2001 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von AUD 376.000,00 (€ 218.388,93).
Frank Jeffrey Edson Smart - Auction history
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