Russell Drysdale
(1912 - 1981)
DESERT NOMAD, 1961
ink and wash on paper
37.5 x 26.0 cm
signed, dated and inscribed lower right: Desert Nomad. / Russell Drysdale. 61.
inscribed lower centre, and transcribed on label verso: Caption: The Desert Tribes men are pleasant earth people. (p. 5)
Estimate:
$8,000 - $12,000
Sold:
$19,520 (inc. BP)
lot details
Russell Drysdale (1912 - 1981)
DESERT NOMAD, 1961
ink and wash on paper
37.5 x 26.0 cm
signed, dated and inscribed lower right: Desert Nomad. / Russell Drysdale. 61.
inscribed lower centre, and transcribed on label verso: Caption: The Desert Tribes men are pleasant earth people. (p. 5)
inscribed lower centre, and transcribed on label verso: Caption: The Desert Tribes men are pleasant earth people. (p. 5)
Provenance
James Fairfax collection, Sydney
Christie's, Sydney, 25 October 1994, lot 14
Private collection, Sydney
Literature
Marshall, J., and Drysdale, R., Journey Among Men, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1962, p. 11 (illus.)
Thomas, D., 'The Art of the Collectors 3: James O. Fairfax', Art and Australia, March 1966, vol 3, no 4, p. 255