Lot #17 - Russell Drysdale
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Auction House:Sotheby's Australia
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Sale Name:Important Australian Art
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Sale Date:27 Aug 2019 ~ 6.30pm (AEST)
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Lot #:17
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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
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Estimate:A$350,000 - 550,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Art
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