RUSSELL DRYSDALE
1912-1981
Mother and Child 1965
$1,000,000–1,500,000
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE
RUSSELL DRYSDALE
1912-1981
Mother and Child 1965
oil on canvas
signed Russell Drysdale lower right; signed, dated and inscribed MOTHER & CHILD RUSSELL DRYSDALE 1965 / LEICESTER GALLERIES / 4 AUDLEY SQUARE / LONDON. W.1. verso
91.2 x 70 cm
frame: original, maker unknown, London
- Lot Sold $1,000,000 (Hammer Price)
- $1,227,273 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Russell Drysdale, Sydney
Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney
Mr and Mrs Phillip Simpson, Sydney, acquired from the above
Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney
Michael Gleeson-White, Sydney, acquired from the above
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne (stock 9202)
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above on 18 September 1984
Exhibited
New Trends in Australian Art, Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney, June 1965, no. 9
Russell Drysdale, The Leicester Galleries, London, 30 September – 27 October 1965, no. 13
Art from the Collections of the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, 14-29 October 1981, no. 10
Russell Drysdale’s Australia: Masterpieces from Private Collections, Smith & Singer (trading as Sotheby’s Australia), Sydney, 10-23 March 2014, no. 35
Literature
PIX, Sydney, 19 June 1965, p. 46 (illustrated)
Douglas Alexandra, ‘Some Recent Developments in the Art Gallery Movement’, Art and Australia, Ure Smith, Sydney, Vol. 3, No. 3, December 1965, p. 189 (illustrated)
Charles S. Spencer, ‘First Commonwealth Arts Festival: Australian Artists in London’, Art and Australia, Ure Smith, Sydney, Vol. 3, No. 3, December 1965, p. 213 (illustrated)
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Geoffrey SmithChairman Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Geoffrey Smith |
Gary SingerChief Executive Officer & Director Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Gary Singer |
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Jessica VelasquezExecutive Assistant Australian & International Art |
David MackayManager, Sydney Gallery, Marketing & Media Australian & International Art |