RUSSELL DRYSDALE
1912-1981
Boy on a Log (1953)
oil on canvas
signed 'Russell Drysdale' lower right
50.6 x 76.5 cm
frame: original, maker unknown, Sydney
Provenance
Russell Drysdale, Sydney
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Mr Kerin Morgan, Sydney, acquired from the above in November 1953
Sotheby's Australia (now trading as Smith & Singer)
Private Collection, Brisbane, acquired from the above
Important Australian & International Art, Sotheby's Australia (now trading as Smith & Singer), Sydney, 9 April 2019, lot 28, illustrated
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
Exhibited
Russell Drysdale, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 18 November - 4 December 1953, no. 8, 130 gns
Russell Drysdale: Retrospective 1937-1960, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 5 October - 6 November 1960, no. 81
Loreto Arts Festival, Loreto Convent, Kirribilli, 6-8 May 1966, no. 9
Literature
'Drysdale Enhances Reputation', The Daily Telegraph, Sydney, 18 November 1953, p. 19
'Russell Drysdale', The Courier Australien, Sydney, 27 November 1953, p. 5
Lou Klepac, The Life and Work of Russell Drysdale, Bay Books, Sydney, 1983, plate 133, pp. 313 (illustrated), 368
Lou Klepac, The Life and Work of Russell Drysdale (rev. ed.), Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2009, plate 121, pp. 260 (illustrated), 380
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