Russell Drysdale 1912-1981
Russell Drysdale 1912-1981Estimate $250,000 – $300,000
- Lot Sold $260,000 (Hammer Price)
- $312,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
COUNTRY GIRL (1966)
oil on canvas
signed 'Russell Drysdale' lower right
50.5 X 40.5CM
PROVENANCE
Dr and Mrs Fleming, Sydney, by May 1966
Rudy Komon Art Gallery, Sydney (stock 4,814)
The Robert Holmes à Court Collection, Perth
19th & 20th Century Fine Australian and International Art, Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, 20 August 2001, lot 34, illustrated
Private Collection, Sydney
EXHIBITED
Loreto Arts Festival, Loreto Convent, Kirribilli, 6-8 May 1966, no. 60
Spring Exhibition 1973: Recent Acquisitions, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 24 October - 7 November 1973, no. 40, illustrate
Russell Drysdale: Paintings 1940-72, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 14 June - 21 July 1985, no. 51
LITERATURE
Lou Klepac, The Life and Work of Russell Drysdale, Bay Books, Sydney, 1983, plate 178
Lou Klepac, The Life and Work of Russell Drysdale, Murdoch Books, Sydney, 1996, plate 178
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