Russell Drysdale
(1912 - 1981)
The drover, 1967
pen and brown ink on paper
29.5 x 18.5 cm
55.0 x 43.0 cm (frame)
signed lower centre: Russell Drysdale
Estimate:
$5,000 - $7,000
Sold:
$4,909 (inc. BP)
© Courtesy Russell Drysdale Estate
lot details
55.0 x 43.0 cm (frame)
Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane
Mr & Mrs John Darling
Private collection, Sydney
Exhibited
Russell Drysdale, The Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane, 15 – 30 August 1967, cat. 48 (illus. cover of exhibition catalogue)
The Drawings of Russell Drysdale, Perth Survey of Drawing, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 21 February – 23 March 1980, then touring to: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 April – 18 May 1980; Brisbane Civic Museum and Art Gallery, Brisbane, 2 July – 1 August 1980 and Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 6 September – 19 October 1980, cat. 90
Literature
Klepac, L., The Drawings of Russell Drysdale, Perth Survey of Drawing, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 1980, cat. 90, pp. 62, 104 (illus.)
Klepac, L., Russell Drysdale: the drawings, The Beagle Press, Sydney, 2012, p. 139 (illus.)