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Lot #17 - Russell Drysdale

  • Auction House:
    Sotheby's Australia
  • Sale Name:
    Important Australian Art
  • Sale Date:
    27 Aug 2019 ~ 6.30pm (AEST)
  • Lot #:
    17
  • Lot Description:
    Russell Drysdale
    (1912-1981)
    The Aeroplane (1971)
    oil on canvas
    50.6 x 61 cm
    signed 'Russell Drysdale' lower right; signed and inscribed '"THE AEROPLANE" - RUSSELL DRYSDALE / C/o LEICESTER GALLERIES / 22A. CORK STREET. / LONDON. N.1.' verso
    PROVENANCE: Private Collection "A Most Important Catalogue of Australian Traditional and Contemporary Paintings (Including a Large Selection from "The Landau Collection")", James R. Lawson, Sydney, 24 October 1978, lot 22, illustrated; Mr and Mrs Robert Holmes ‡ Court, Perth, acquired from the above; Savill Galleries, Sydney, acquired from the above; Mr Basil Sellers AM, Sydney, acquired from the above in 1988, until "Important Australian Art", Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 23 November 2009, lot 37, illustrated; Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
  • Exhibited:
    "Russell Drysdale", The Leicester Galleries, London, 16 June - 15 July 1972, no. 26; "Spring Exhibition", Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 13 October - 3 November 1977, no. 90, illustrated
  • Estimate:
    A$350,000 - 550,000
  • Realised Price:
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  • Category:
    Art

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