Portrait of a Girl (Lynne) 1947

RUSSELL DRYSDALE (1912-1981)

Portrait of a Girl (Lynne) 1947

oil on canvas on board
51.5 x 41.5 cm
inscribed verso: TO FORREST N. DAGGET/ THE AMERICAN LEGATION/ WELLINGTON/ N.Z/ FORWARDING AGENTS/ YOUNGS PTY LTD/ 25 DRUITT STREET/ SYDNEY

Provenance:
Clune Galleries, Sydney
Mrs M.A. Franke, Sydney purchased 1950s
Sotheby's, Sydney, 24 August 2004, lot 1
Corporate collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
Rudy Komon Gallery Retrospective, Artmet Gallery, Sydney, 26 April - 21 May 1988, cat.15 (label attached verso)

Reference:
Klepac, L., The Life and work of Russell Drysdale, Murdoch Books, Sydney, 1996, pp.270, 267 (llus. pl.84)

Estimate: $280000 - 380000

Result Hammer: $260000