Russell Drysdale
1912-1981

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY

Russell Drysdale

1912-1981
BOY ON A LOG (1953)

oil on canvas
signed 'Russell Drysdale' lower right frame: original, maker unknown, Sydney
50.6 X 76.5CM

• Lot Sold SOLD (Hammer Price)

Provenance

Macquarie Galleries, Sydney Private Collection, Sydney

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, Sydney, 6-8 May 1966, no. 9

Literature

Lou Klepac, The Life and Work of Russell Drysdale (rev. ed.), Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2009, pp. 260 (illustrated, plate 121), 380

Condition Report

There is very fine cracking in the paint surface mostly on the left hand side in the rocks and in the top left hand corner.This painting would benefit from a coat of varnish.In original condition.