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• Auction House:
  Smith & Singer
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  21 Nov 2023 ~ 6.30pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  15
• Lot Description:
  Russell Drysdale
  (1912-1981)
  Half-Caste Girl 1961
  oil on canvas
  76.5 x 61 cm
  signed and dated 'Russell Drysdale / 61.' lower right; signed and inscribed 'HALF-CASTE GIRL / RUSSELL DRYSDALE. / Macquarie Galleries. / 19. Bligh St. SYDNEY.' verso
  PROVENANCE: Russell Drysdale, Sydney; Macquarie Galleries, Sydney; Mrs Rose Skinner, Perth, acquired from the above in November 1961; Mr Kym Bonython, Adelaide, acquired from the above; Bonython Art Gallery, Adelaide; Mr Harold Mertz, Port Washington, United States of America, acquired from the above in 1965; The University of Texas, Austin, United States of America, donated from the above in 1972; The Harold E Mertz Collection of Australian Art, Christie's Australia, Melbourne, 28 June 2000, lot 85, illustrated; Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above; Australian & International Art, Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 18 June 2008, lot 25, illustrated; Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
• Exhibited:
  Russell Drysdale, The Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 1-13 November 1961, no. 9, (800 gns); Royal South Australian Society of Arts, Adelaide, 17-31 March 1962, no. 20, 925 gns; Recent Australian and Overseas Acquisitions, The Bonython Art Gallery, Adelaide, 8-25 February 1965, no. 19, 2,000 gns; The Australian Painters 1964-66: Contemporary Australian Painting from the Mertz Collection, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 10 March - 16 April 1967, no. 26, 'Half-Caste Woman', illustrated
• References:
  Robert Hughes, 'Drysdale '61', Nation, Sydney, 18 November 1961, p. 18; Geoffrey Dutton, Russell Drysdale, Thames and Hudson, London, 1964, plate 119, pp. 177 (illustrated), 191, 'Portrait'; Geoffrey Dutton, Russell Drysdale (rev. ed.), Angus & Robertson, Melbourne, 1981, pp. 153 (illustrated), 207, 'Portrait'
• Estimate:
  A$200,000 - 300,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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