Evening on Stony Plains 1978

Russell Drysdale (1912-1981)

Evening on Stony Plains 1978

oil on canvas
50.5 x 76.5 cm

signed lower right: Russell Drysdale

bears inscription verso: "EVENING ON STONY PLAINS" - RUSSELL DRYSDALE/ C/O JOSEPH BROWN GALLERIES,/ CAROLINE HOUSE,/ CAROLINE STREET,/ SOUTH YARRA, VICTORIA.

Provenance:

The artist

Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne

Private collection, Sydney

Thence by descent, private collection, Sydney

Related Works:

Sunday Evening 1941, oil on asbestos cement sheet, 60.0 x 76.0 cm, Art Gallery of New South Wales collection, Sydney, illus. in Klepac, L., Russell Drysdale, Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2009, pp.56, 57

Moody’s Pub 1941, oil on plywood, 51.0 x 61.5 cm, illus. ibid., pp.60, 61

The Drover's Wife 1945, oil on canvas, 51.5 x 61.0 cm, National Gallery of Australia collection, Canberra. Gift of the American Friends of the National Gallery of Australia, New York, made possible with the generous support of Mr and Mrs Benno Schmidt of New York and Esperance, Western Australia, 1987, illus. ibid., pp.148, 149

Woman in a Landscape 1949, oil on canvas, 101.0 x 66.5 cm, Art Gallery of South Australia collection, Adelaide, South Australian Government Grant, 1949, illus. ibid., pp.189, 205, 208

Country Child c1948, oil on canvas, 76.5 x 61.5 cm, private collection, sold Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 18 March 2008, lot 33, $1,680,000 (including buyer's premium), illus. ibid., p.192

Going to the Pictures 1941, oil on canvas, 45.5 x 54.5 cm, private collection, illus. ibid., p.77

Estimate: $800000 - 1000000

Result Hammer: $800000