Dawn Flight, Bass Strait 1961

RUSSELL DRYSDALE (1912-1981)

Dawn Flight, Bass Strait 1961

oil on canvas on board
70.0 x 90.0 cm; 92.0 x 113.5 cm (framed)
signed lower right: Russell Drysdale

Provenance:
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Private collection
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 31 July 1985, lot 56
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 1989
The ANZ Art Collection

Exhibited:
Russell Drysdale: Recent Paintings, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 1-13 November 1961, cat.8

Reference:
Henshaw, J., 'New Vista,' The Bulletin, Sydney, vol.82, no.4265, 11 November 1961, p.33
Klepac, L., The Life and Work of Russell Drysdale, Bay Books, Sydney, 1983, p.369, cat.157 (illus. p.338, pl.157)
Klepac, L., The Life and Work of Russell Drysdale, Murdoch Books, Sydney, 1996, p.369, cat.157 (illus. p.338, pl.157)

Estimate: $250000 - 350000

Result Hammer: $260000

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