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• Auction House:
  Smith & Singer
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  12 Apr 2022 ~ 6.30pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  39
• Lot Description:
  Russell Drysdale
  (1912-1981)
  Boy on a Log (1953)
  oil on canvas
  50.6 x 76.5 cm; frame: original, maker unknown, Sydney
  signed 'Russell Drysdale' lower right
• Provenance:
  Russell Drysdale, Sydney; Macquarie Galleries, Sydney; Mr Kerin Morgan, Sydney, acquired from the above in November 1953; Sotheby's Australia (now trading as Smith & Singer); Private Collection, Brisbane, acquired from the above; Important Australian & International Art, Sotheby's Australia (now trading as Smith & Singer), Sydney, 9 April 2019, lot 28, illustrated; Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
• Exhibited:
  Russell Drysdale, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 18 November - 4 December 1953, no. 8, 130 gns; Russell Drysdale: Retrospective 1937-1960, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 5 October - 6 November 1960, no. 81; Loreto Arts Festival, Loreto Convent, Kirribilli, 6-8 May 1966, no. 9
• References:
  Drysdale Enhances Reputation', The Daily Telegraph, Sydney, 18 November 1953, p. 19; 'Russell Drysdale', The Courier Australien, Sydney, 27 November 1953, p. 5; Lou Klepac, The Life and Work of Russell Drysdale, Bay Books, Sydney, 1983, plate 133, pp. 313 (illustrated), 368; Lou Klepac, The Life and Work of Russell Drysdale (rev. ed.), Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2009, plate 121, pp. 260 (illustrated), 380
• Estimate:
  A$350,000 - 450,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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