Russell Drysdale (1912-1981) Head of a Woman, 1942 image 1

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Russell Drysdale
(1912-1981)
Head of a Woman, 1942

Fine Australian Art

1 December 2015, 18:30 AEDT

Melbourne, Armadale

Sold for AU$48,800 inc. premium

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Russell Drysdale (1912-1981)

Head of a Woman, 1942
signed and titled lower right: 'Head of a Woman Russell Drysdale'
watercolour, ink and chalk on paper on board
47.0 x 38.5cm (18 1/2 x 15 3/16in).

Footnotes

PROVENANCE
Private collection
Sotheby's, Fine Australian Paintings, Melbourne, 26 April 1992, lot 259
Private collection, Sydney

EXHIBITED
Possibly Russell Drysdale, The Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 21 November - 3 December 1945, cat. 13 as 'Portrait of a Woman'
London to Sydney, Agnew's Gallery, London, in association with Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, 8 - 19 November 2011, p. 65 (illus.)

LITERATURE
Geoffrey Dutton, Russell Drysdale, Thames and Hudson, London, 1964, pl. 22 (illus.)
Lou Klepac, Russell Drysdale, Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2009, fig. 13, p. 81 (illus.)

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