RUSSELL DRYSDALE (1912-1981)
Warrego Jim c1964
Estimate: $800000 - 1200000
Sold For:
$1050000 hammer
Description
RUSSELL DRYSDALE (1912-1981)
Warrego Jim c1964
oil on canvas
91.5 x 71.5 cm
signed lower right: Russell Drysdale
signed and inscribed verso: Russell Drysdale/ 'WARREGO JIM'/ TO THE OSBORNE GALLERY/ 13 LEIGH STREET,/ ADELAIDE
Provenance:
Acquired from the artist 1965
Lieutenant-Colonel C.P. Dawnay, C.B.E., M.V.O., United Kingdom
Thence by descent, Mr Rupert Dawnay, London
Exhibited:
Thirteen Australian Painters, The Osborne Art Gallery, Adelaide, 7 - 21 March 1964, cat.12 (gallery label attached verso)
Russell Drysdale [Catalogue of an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Russell Drysdale], The Leicester Galleries, London, 30 September - 27 October 1965, cat.23 [kindly lent by Lieutenant-Colonel C.P. Dawnay, C.B.E., M.V.O.]
Reference:
Ross, A. (preface), Russell Drysdale [Catalogue of an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Russell Drysdale], Leicester Galleries/Ernest Brown & Phillips, London, 1965, cat.23
Estimate: $800000 - 1200000
Result Hammer: $1050000
Location
SYDNEY VIEWING:-
2 – 5 DECEMBER, 11am - 6pm
Menzies Gallery
12 Todman Avenue, Kensington, NSW 2033
MELBOURNE VIEWING:-
9 – 14 DECEMBER, 11am - 6pm
Menzies Gallery
1 Darling Street, South Yarra, VIC 3141