Important Fine Art + Aboriginal Art - 2 December 2015 | Sydney
Lot 148
Russell Drysdale
(1912 – 1981)
DESERT NOMAD, 1961
ink and wash on paper
37.5 x 26.0 cm
Estimate:
$8,000 – 12,000
Lot sold: $19,520 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Russell Drysdale
(1912 – 1981)
DESERT NOMAD, 1961
ink and wash on paper
37.5 x 26.0 cm
signed, dated and inscribed lower right: Desert Nomad. / Russell Drysdale. 61.
inscribed lower centre, and transcribed on label verso: Caption: The Desert Tribes men are pleasant earth people. (p. 5)
Provenance
James Fairfax collection, Sydney
Christie's, Sydney, 25 October 1994, lot 14
Private collection, Sydney
Literature
Marshall, J., and Drysdale, R., Journey Among Men, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1962, p. 11 (illus.)
Thomas, D., 'The Art of the Collectors 3: James O. Fairfax', Art and Australia, March 1966, vol 3, no 4, p. 255