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An image of Road to the Black Mountains by Russell Drysdale

Russell Drysdale

(England, Australia 07 Feb 1912–29 Jun 1981)

Title
Road to the Black Mountains
Year
(circa 1952)
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions

51.0 x 61.0cm stretcher; 64.5 x 74.6 x 6.5cm frame

Signature & date
Signed l.r. corner [under frame], "Russell Drysdale". Not dated.
Credit
Gift of the Industrial Arts Society 1952
Accession number
8679
Copyright
© Russell Drysdale Estate
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (4)

Lou Klepac (Australia; Croatia, b.1936) (Author), Russell Drysdale: the drawings, Roseville, 2012, 160 (colour illus.).

'Positions vacant' by Humphrey McQueen, pg. 21-23., Art Monthly Australia Sep 2000, Sep 2000, 22 (illus.). review of 'Australian icons' exhibition

Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Domain, 2000, 200 (colour illus.), 300.

Anne Gray (Australia, b.1947) (Author), Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Tim Bonyhady (b.1957) (Author), Russell Drysdale, Perth, 1999, 19 (colour illus.), 21. cat.no. 23

Exhibition history (6)

Society of Artists Spring Exhibition (1952), Education Department Gallery [Loftus Street], 29 Aug 1952–15 Sep 1952.

Russell Drysdale: a retrospective exhibition of paintings from 1937 to 1960, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 05 Oct 1960–06 Nov 1960.

Russell Drysdale (Adelaide 1964), John Martin's Auditorium, 04 Mar 1964–21 Mar 1964.

Drysdale (1999), Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, 13 Aug 1999–26 Sep 1999.

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.