In the early 1960s Jeffrey Smart moved to Italy and was to live there for the rest of his life. He was deeply interested in the Ancient world and spent a great deal of time visiting archaeological sites and museums studying its architecture. Piazza d'Esedra (now Piazza della Repubblica) is situated in Rome near the Termini station. It was named after the ancient Roman exedra, a semi-circular sea…

Provenance

Macquarie Galleries, Sydney; Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 1965; Australian and European Paintings, Drawings and Prints, Part I, Christie's, Melbourne, 26 November 1996, lot 113, illustrated; Private Collection, Sydney; Fine Australian and International Art, Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 24 November 2003, lot 7, illustrated; Savill Galleries, Sydney (label verso); Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 2004

Exhibitions

Jeffrey Smart,' Galleria Ottantotto (88), Rome 8 - 23 April 1965, cat. 17 'Exhibition of Paintings: Jeffrey Smart,' Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 29 September - 11 October 1965, cat. 8 'Australian Paintings: Summer 2004,' Savill Galleries, Sydney, 2 March – 3 April 2004, no. 71, illustrated 'A Collectors' Exhibition,' Savill Galleries, Sydney, 10 November - 4 December 2010 'Important Australian & International Art from The John Symond AM Collection | Important Australian Art,' Sotheby's, Sydney, 20 November 2018, Lot No. 4

Literature

Peter Quartermaine, 'Jeffrey Smart,' Melbourne: Gryphon Books, 1983, p. 109, cat. 455