RUSSELL DRYSDALE (1912-1981)
Half-caste Woman 1961
Estimate: $300000 - 360000
Sold For:
$260000 hammer
$312000 inc. buyer's premium
Description
RUSSELL DRYSDALE (1912-1981)
Half-caste Woman 1961
oil on canvas
76.0 x 61.0 cm
signed and dated lower right: Russell Drysdale '61
Provenance:
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Mrs Rose Skinner, Perth
The Harold E. Mertz Collection of Australian Art, New York
The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA
Christie's, Melbourne, 28 June 2000, lot 85
Private collection, Sydney
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 18 June 2008, lot 25
Private collection, Melbourne
Exhibited:
Contemporary Australian Painting from the Mertz Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, USA, cat.26
Reference:
Dutton, G., Russell Drysdale, Thames and Hudson, London, 1964, (illus. p.119) (titled 'Portrait')
Related Works:
Half-caste Woman 1960
Estimate: $300000 - 360000
Result Hammer: $260000
Location
Auction in Sydney, 16 December 2009
Deutscher-Menzies, Australian & International Fine Art, Lots 1 - 110
Lawson-Menzies, Colonial to Contemporary including Important Aboriginal Art, Lots 111 - 252
Exhibition in Melbourne, 3-6 December 2009
Exhibition in Sydney, 10-15 December 2009