Warrego Jim c1964

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