Mrs Fardakas Of The Acropolis Café, 1972

Lot #12 - Russell Drysdale

Auction House:

Deutscher and Hackett
Sale Name:

Important Australian + International Fine Art Auction
Sale Date:

27 Aug 2014 ~ 7pm
Lot #:

12
Lot Description:

Russell Drysdale
(1912 – 1981)
Mrs Fardakas Of The Acropolis Café, 1972
oil on canvas
76.0 x 61.0 cm
signed lower right: Russell Drysdale; inscribed verso: "MRS. FARDAKAS OF THE ACROPOLIS CAFÉ" / RUSSELL DRYSDALE / C/o THE LEICESTER GALLERIES / 22A, CORK STREET, / LONDON W.1.
Provenance:

Leicester Galleries, London; Private collection; Geoff K. Gray, Sydney, 13 February 1974, lot 31; Private collection; Sotheby's, Melbourne, 19 August 1996, lot 270; Private collection; Deutscher~Menzies, Melbourne, 10 August 1998, lot 137; Private collection, Melbourne; Deutscher~Menzies, Melbourne, 9 May 2001, lot 100; Private collection, Tasmania
Exhibited:

Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours by Sir Russell Drysdale, Leicester Galleries, London, 16 June – 15 July 1972, cat. 25 (illus. in exhibition catalogue, label attached verso)
References:

Klepac, L., The Life and Work of Russell Drysdale, Bay Books, Sydney, 1983, pl. 181 (illus., as 'Mrs Fardakis of the Acropolis Cafe')
Estimate:

A$350,000 - 450,000
Realised Price:

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Category:

Art

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