Russell Drysdale 1912-1981

• Lot Sold $500,000 (Hammer Price)
• $600,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

DESERTED OUT-STATION (1945)

oil on canvas
signed 'Russell Drysdale' lower right
86.4 X 111.7CM

PROVENANCE
Purchased by John Fairfax Limited, Sydney, in 1945
The Fairfax Corporate Collection of Australian Paintings, Sotheby's, Sydney, 17 November 2002, lot 28, illustrated
Private Collection, Sydney

EXHIBITED
Russell Drysdale, The Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 21 November - 3 December 1945, no. 7, (200 gns)
Exhibition of Paintings 1937-49 by Five Australian Artists, The Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 2-14 November 1949, no. 10
Jubilee Exhibition of Australian Art, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 12-31 March 1951, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, 9-28 April 1951, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 17 May - 9 June 1951, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 June - 21 July 1951, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 6 August - 1 September 1951, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 24 September - 20 October 1951, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 12 November - 10 December 1951, no. 132, ‘Soil Erosion'
First Loan Exhibition: Contemporary Australian Paintings Selected from Private Collections in Sydney, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 28 September - 19 October 1955, no. 20, ‘Soil Erosion'
Contemporary Australian Painting, Pacific Loan Exhibition on board Orient Line S.S. Orcades, Sydney, 2 October 1956, Auckland, 8 October 1956, Honolulu, 16 October 1956, Vancouver, 22 October 1956, San Francisco 25 October 1956, no. 23, ‘Soil Erosion'
Russell Drysdale: Retrospective 1937-1960, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 5 October - 6 November 1960, no. 39, illustrated
Australian Paintings: Colonial, Impressionist, Contemporary, National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 17-31 March 1962, no. 122, ‘Deserted Outback Station'
Australian Painting: Colonial, Impressionist, Contemporary, Tate Gallery, London, 24 January - 3 March 1963, National Gallery of Art, Ottawa, April - May 1963, no. 100, ‘Deserted Outback Station'
Russell Drysdale, John Martin's Auditorium, Adelaide, 4-21 March 1964, no. 26
Russell Drysdale: Paintings 1940-72, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 14 June - 21 July 1985, no. 14
Russell Drysdale, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne, 13 March - 16 April 1987, no. 34
Russell Drysdale 1912-81, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 19 December 1997 - 9 March 1998, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 27 March - 10 May 1998, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 18 May - 28 June 1998, Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 20 July - 30 August 1998, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 23 September - 15 November 1998, no. 24, illustrated

LITERATURE
Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 21 November 1945, p. 9;
Australia National Journal, Ure Smith, Sydney, December 1945, p. 43 (illustrated)
Alan McCulloch, ‘L'art contemporain en Australie', Prisme des Arts, Paris, no. 2, 15 April 1956, p. 22 (illustrated), ‘La station abandonnée'
Hemisphere, Sydney, November 1960, pp. 16-17 (illustrated)
Commonwealth Today, no. 83, 1961, p. 15
Geoffrey Dutton, Russell Drysdale, Thames and Hudson, London, 1964, plate 41
Richard Haese, Rebels and Precursors: The Revolutionary Years of Australian Art, Allen Lane, Ringwood, Victoria, 1981, p. 264 (illustrated)
Lou Klepac, The Life and Work of Russell Drysdale, Bay Books, Sydney, 1983, plate 65
Lou Klepac, The Life and Work of Russell Drysdale, Murdoch Books, Sydney, 1996, plate 65
Geoffrey Smith, Russell Drysdale 1912-1981, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1997, pp. 80, 81 (illustrated)

 An essay on this work is included in the published catalogue of this sale.

 

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