Russell Drysdale (1912 - 1981)

RECLINING FIGURE WITH MANDOLIN, c.1940

watercolour, pen and ink on paper

21.5 x 37.5 cm

signed with initials lower right: R.D

Private collection, Adelaide, a gift from the artist

The Drawings of Russell Drysdale: 1980 Perth Survey of Drawing, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 21 February – 23 March 1980;
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 April – 18 May 1980;
Brisbane Civic Art Gallery and Museum, Brisbane, 2 July – 1 August 1980;
and Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 6 September – 19 October 1980, cat. 16 (label attached verso)

Klepac, L., The Drawings of Russell Drysdale: 1980 Perth Survey of Drawing, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, in conjunction with the Australian Gallery Directors' Council, 1980, pl. 7, pp. 54, 72 (illus.)