Russell Drysdale
(1912 - 1981)
LITTLE BLOKE, 1961
pen and ink on paper
29.5 x 24.0 cm (sight)
51.5 x 43.5 cm (frame)
signed with initials, dated and inscribed with title lower centre: Little bloke. R.D. 61
bears inscription on old label verso: OWNER – LADY M DRYSDALE, HARDY’S BAY, NSW / 2256
Estimate:
$3,000 - $5,000
Sold:
$3,927 (inc. BP)
© Courtesy Russell Drysdale Estate
lot details
Russell Drysdale (1912 - 1981)
LITTLE BLOKE, 1961
pen and ink on paper
29.5 x 24.0 cm (sight)
51.5 x 43.5 cm (frame)
51.5 x 43.5 cm (frame)
signed with initials, dated and inscribed with title lower centre: Little bloke. R.D. 61
bears inscription on old label verso: OWNER – LADY M DRYSDALE, HARDY’S BAY, NSW / 2256
bears inscription on old label verso: OWNER – LADY M DRYSDALE, HARDY’S BAY, NSW / 2256
Provenance
Lady Drysdale, New South Wales
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne
Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above on 7 May 1982
Literature
Marshall, J., and Drysdale, R., Journey Among Men, Sun, Melbourne, 1975 (illus.)
This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery
This work is in good and stable condition.
The paper sheet is not laid down and has discoloured over time with fine pale foxing spots
visible across the sheet .