Russell Drysdale
(1912 - 1981)
THE YOUNG HALF CASTE, 1967
pen and ink and watercolour on paper
22.5 x 16.5 cm
signed lower centre: Russell Drysdale
inscribed verso: THE YOUNG HALF CASTE / … / 1967
Estimate:
$3,000 - $5,000
Sold:
$6,710 (inc. BP)
lot details
inscribed verso: THE YOUNG HALF CASTE / … / 1967
The Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane (label attached verso)
Australian Galleries, Melbourne (label attached verso, cat. 8896)
Private collection, Sydney
Exhibited
Russell Drysdale, The Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane, 15 – 30 August 1967, cat. 9 (illus. In exhibition catalogue and front cover)
Russell Drysdale: The Drawings, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 17 February – 25 March 2012, touring to Carrick Hill House Museum, Adelaide, 5 April – 17 June 2012; Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, 30 June – 5 August 2012
Literature
Klepac, L., Russell Drysdale: The Drawings, The Beagle Press, Sydney, 2012, p. 134 (illus.)