RUSSELL DRYSDALE
1912-1981
Head of a Boy (1949)
Estimate $300,000 – $400,000
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF HIS EXCELLENCY HUGH ALEXANDER MCCLURE SMITH CVO
RUSSELL DRYSDALE
1912-1981
Head of a Boy (1949)
oil on canvas on composition board
signed 'Russell Drysdale' upper right
40.5 x 30.2 cm
frame: original, S.A. Parker, Sydney
- Lot Sold $500,000 (Hammer Price)
- $610,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Mr Hugh Alexander McClure Smith, Sydney, by 1950
Private Collection, Sydney, by descent from the above
Literature
Joseph Burke, The Paintings of Russell Drysdale, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1951, p. 51
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