Russell Drysdale
(England, Australia 07 Feb 1912–29 Jun 1981)
- Title
- Kimberley landscape
- Place of origin
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Western Australia →
Australia
- Year
- 1961
- Media categories
- Watercolour, Drawing
- Materials used
- pencil, pen and black ink, watercolour
- Dimensions
-
26.7 x 41.2cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.r., ink ".../ Russell Drysdale 61."
- Credit
- Purchased 1996
- Accession number
- 132.1996
- Copyright
- © Reproduced with permission
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
'Kimberley landscape' was made for the book 'Journey among men' published in 1962 (of which Drysdale and 'Jock' Marshall were joint authors) to illustrate the text "A rough track led us north towards the distant Oscar Range". The book was the result of a zoological tour of north-western Australia in 1958 when Drysdale acted as unofficial artist. 'Kimberley landscape' is a major watercolour, comparable with Drysdale's late landscape paintings and reveals his considerable powers of pictorial invention and draughtsmanship.
Australian Art Department, AGNSW, 2000
- Bibliography (5)
-
Lou Klepac (Australia; Croatia, b.1936) (Author), Russell Drysdale: the drawings, Roseville, 2012, 32, 128 (colour illus.).
Anne Gray (Australia, b.1947) (Author), Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Tim Bonyhady (b.1957) (Author), Russell Drysdale, Perth, 1999, 9 (illus.), 14, 21. cat.no 29
Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Australian drawings from the Gallery's collection, Domain, 1997, 70 (illus.). cat.no. 61
Art Gallery of Western Australia (Australia) (Author), The drawings of Russell Drysdale: 1980 Perth survey of drawing, Perth, 1980, 69 (illus.). plate no. 35
Jock Marshall (Australia) (Author), Russell Drysdale (England; Australia, b.1912, d.1981) (Author), Journey among men, London, 1962, 113 (illus.).
- Exhibition history (6)
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Russell Drysdale Drawings 1935-1980, Joseph Brown Gallery, 01 Mar 1981–31 Mar 1981.
Australian drawings from the Gallery's collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 13 Dec 1997–15 Mar 1998.
Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000.
Russell Drysdale: the drawings, S.H. Ervin Gallery, 17 Feb 2012–25 Mar 2012.
Russell Drysdale: the drawings, Carrick Hill, 04 Apr 2012–17 Jun 2012.
Russell Drysdale: the drawings, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 26 Jun 2012–05 Aug 2012.
