RUSSELL DRYSDALE
1912-1981

PROPERTY FORMERLY FROM THE HAROLD E MERTZ COLLECTION OF AUSTRALIAN ART, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN

RUSSELL DRYSDALE

1912-1981
Half-Caste Girl 1961

oil on canvas
signed and dated 'Russell Drysdale / 61.' lower right; signed and inscribed 'HALF-CASTE GIRL / RUSSELL DRYSDALE. / Macquarie Galleries. / 19. Bligh St. SYDNEY.' verso
76.5 x 61 cm

• Lot Sold $180,000 (Hammer Price)
• $220,909 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Russell Drysdale, Sydney
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Mrs Rose Skinner, Perth, acquired from the above in November 1961
Mr Kym Bonython, Adelaide, acquired from the above
Bonython Art Gallery, Adelaide
Mr Harold Mertz, Port Washington, United States of America, acquired from the above in 1965
The University of Texas, Austin, United States of America, donated from the above in 1972
The Harold E Mertz Collection of Australian Art, Christie's Australia, Melbourne, 28 June 2000, lot 85, illustrated
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
Australian & International Art, Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 18 June 2008, lot 25, illustrated
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above

Exhibited

Russell Drysdale, The Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 1-13 November 1961, no. 9, (800 gns)
Royal South Australian Society of Arts, Adelaide, 17-31 March 1962, no. 20, 925 gns
Recent Australian and Overseas Acquisitions, The Bonython Art Gallery, Adelaide, 8-25 February 1965, no. 19, 2,000 gns
The Australian Painters 1964-66: Contemporary Australian Painting from the Mertz Collection, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 10 March - 16 April 1967, no. 26, 'Half-Caste Woman', illustrated

Literature

Robert Hughes, 'Drysdale '61', Nation, Sydney, 18 November 1961, p. 18
Geoffrey Dutton, Russell Drysdale, Thames and Hudson, London, 1964, plate 119, pp. 177 (illustrated), 191, 'Portrait'
Geoffrey Dutton, Russell Drysdale (rev. ed.), Angus & Robertson, Melbourne, 1981, pp. 153 (illustrated), 207, 'Portrait'