Half-caste Woman (also known as Portrait) 1961

Russell Drysdale (1912-1981)

Half-caste Woman (also known as Portrait) 1961

oil on canvas
76.0 x 61.0 cm

signed and dated lower right: Russell Drysdale '61

Provenance:

Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, c1961

Mrs Rose Skinner, Perth

The Harold E. Mertz Collection of Australian Art, New York

Collection of the University of Texas, United States of America

Christie's, Melbourne, 28 June 2000, lot 85

Private collection, Sydney

Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 18 June 2008, lot 25

Private collection, Melbourne

Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 16 December 2009, lot 35

Private collection, Melbourne

Menzies, Melbourne, 31 October 2013, lot 57

Private collection, Melbourne

Menzies, Melbourne, 11 December 2014, lot 44

Company collection, Victoria

Menzies, Sydney, 11 May 2017, lot 49

Company collection, Victoria

Exhibited:

Russell Drysdale: Recent Paintings, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 1 - 13 November 1961, cat.9

(possibly) Skinner Galleries, Perth, c1962

The Australian Painters, 1964-1966: Contemporary Australian Painting from the Mertz Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1966, cat.26

Reference:

Henshaw, J., 'New Vista,' The Bulletin, Sydney, vol.82, no.4265, 11 November 1961, p.33 (as Half Caste Girl)

Dutton, G., Russell Drysdale, Thames & Hudson, London, 1964, p.119 (illus., as Portrait)

Estimate: $320000 - 400000