ABORIGINAL FIGURE IN RED SHIRT

Two Important Private Collections: Modern / Traditional
Melbourne
8 December 2021
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RUSSELL DRYSDALE

(1912 - 1981)
ABORIGINAL FIGURE IN RED SHIRT

ink and wash on paper

25.0 x 16.5 cm (sheet)

signed lower right: Russell Drysdale

Estimate: 
$6,000 – $9,000
Sold for $12,273 (inc. BP) in Auction 66 - 8 December 2021, Melbourne
Provenance

Private collection
Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 16 November 1972, lot 230
Private collection, Adelaide
Thence by descent
Private collection, Adelaide