Mother and Child 1961

Russell Drysdale (1912-1981)

Mother and Child 1961

oil on canvas
126.5 x 76.0 cm
signed lower right: Russell Drysdale
signed, inscribed verso: MOTHER AND CHILD/ 1961/ Russell Drysdale

Provenance:
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney (inscribed verso)
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 2 May 2000, lot 29
Bensons Collection, Melbourne
Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, 16 June 2004, lot 26
Corporate collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
Australian Art, McCubbin to Whiteley, Bundoora Homestead Federation Centre for the Arts, Melbourne, 11 April - 1 June 2003

Reference:
Dutton, G., Russell Drysdale, Thames and Hudson, London, 1964, p.191, pl.118 (illus.)

Related Works:
Study for Mother and Child, Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin

Estimate: $300000 - 400000