RUSSELL DRYSDALE
1912-1981

PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

RUSSELL DRYSDALE

1912-1981
The Barmaid, Broome 1965

oil on canvas
signed 'Russell Drysdale' lower right; signed, dated and inscribed THE BARMAID, BROOME" / RUSSELL DRYSDALE, / C/O THE LEICESTER GALLERIES / 4 AUDLEY SQUARE / LONDON W. 1. 1965.' verso"
76.6 x 61.2 cm

• Lot Sold $400,000 (Hammer Price)
• $488,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

The Leicester Galleries, London
Mr and Mrs Michael Richards, London, acquired from the above in 1965
Modern Australian Paintings and Drawings, Sotheby's, Sydney, 13 October 1983, lot 12, illustrated
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above

Exhibited

Russell Drysdale, The Leicester Galleries, London, 30 September - 27 October 1965, no. 8, illustrated

Literature

John Russell, 'The Most Australian Painter of Them All', The Times, London, 4 October 1965, p. 14