OLD HARRY

Twenty Classics of Australian Art
Melbourne
11 November 2020
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RUSSELL DRYSDALE

(1912 – 1981)
OLD HARRY

pen and ink and wash on paper

39.0 x 28.5 cm

signed lower right: Russell Drysdale
inscribed with title verso: Old Harry.
bears inscription on backing board verso: ‘Old Harry’

Estimate: 
$8,000 – 12,000
Sold for $31,909 (inc. BP) in Auction 62 - 11 November 2020, Melbourne
Provenance

Private collection, Sydney
Thence by descent
Private collection, Sydney

Literature

Drysdale, R., Russell Drysdale, Richmond Hill Press in association with Collector Reproductions, Victoria, 1979, cat. 22 (illus., np)

Related works

Old Harry, 1961, oil on canvas, 76.0 x 61.0 cm, private collection, illus. in Dutton, G., Russell Drysdale, Thames and Hudson, London, 1964, pl. 120, n. p.