Diver, Broome 1959

RUSSELL DRYSDALE (1912-1981)

Diver, Broome 1959

oil on canvas
76.0 x 61.0 cm
signed lower right: Russell Drysdale

Provenance:
Dr Joseph Brown Collection, Melbourne
Paintings from the Dr Joseph Brown Collection, Christie's Australia, Melbourne, 17 May 2005, lot 50
Company collection, Melbourne
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 13 June 2007, lot 40
Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:
Spring Exhibition 1971 - Recent Acquisitions, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 13 October - 5 November 1971, cat.44
The Joseph Brown Collection, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 31 October - 7 December 1980, cat.118
Australian Paintings from the Jospeh Brown Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 4 May - 18 June 1989, cat.61

Reference:
Spring Exhibition 1971 - Recent Acquisitions, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 1971, cat. 44
The Joseph Brown Collection, Melbourne, 1980, cat. 118 (illus.)
Pearce, B. Australian Paintings from the Joseph Brown Collection, Sydney, 1989, cat.61
Thomas, D., Outlines of Australian Art - The Joseph Brown Collection, MacMillan, Melbourne, 1989, 3rd Edition, p.66, cat.199 (illus. pl.199)
Klepac, L. Russell Drysdale, Murdoch Books, Sydney, 1996, p.328, pl.145 (illus.)
Klepac, L. The Life and Work of Russell Drysdale, Bay Books, Sydney, 1983, p.163, pl.145 (illus.)
Klepac, L., Russell Drysdale: 1912-1981, Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2009, p.305 (illus. p.290, pl.136)

Estimate: $700000 - 900000

Result Hammer: $712500