Title
Crucifixion
(1946)
Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Sydney
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New South Wales
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Australia
- Date
- (1946)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on plywood
- Dimensions
- 76.0 x 101.6 cm board; 97.1 x 122.5 x 5.2 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed l.r. corner, red oil "Russell Drysdale". Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift in memory of Hugh Alexander McClure Smith C.V.O. by his wife and daughter 1963
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- OA1.1963
- Copyright
- © Estate of Russell Drysdale
- Artist information
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Russell Drysdale
Works in the collection
- Share
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Places
Where the work was made
Sydney
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Exhibition history
Shown in 9 exhibitions
UNESCO Exposition Internationale d'Art Moderne, Musee d'Art Moderne de la ville de Paris, France, 18 Nov 1946–Dec 1946
Canberra for Britannica Australia Awards, Australian National University, Canberra, Jan 1961 -
One hundred years of Australian landscape painting: Art Gallery of New South Wales Travelling Art Exhibition 1968, Various, , 1968–1969
Russell Drysdale: paintings 1940-72, S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, 14 Jun 1985–21 Jul 1985
Drysdale: Paintings 1940-72, S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, 14 Jun 1985–21 Jul 1985
The Artists of Hill End, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 29 Jul 1995–17 Sep 1995
The Artists of Hill End, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, 06 Oct 1995–19 Nov 1995
The Artists of Hill End, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, 10 Feb 1996–31 Mar 1996
The Artists of Hill End, Broken Hill City Art Gallery, Broken Hill, 19 Apr 1996–26 May 1996
The Artists of Hill End, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, 07 Jun 1996–29 Jul 1996
Russell Drysdale 1912-1981, National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], Melbourne, 19 Dec 1997–09 Mar 1998
Russell Drysdale 1912-1981, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 27 Mar 1998–10 May 1998
Russell Drysdale 1912-1981, Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, 18 May 1998–28 Jun 1998
Russell Drysdale 1912-1981, Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 20 Jul 1998–30 Aug 1998
Russell Drysdale 1912-1981, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 23 Sep 1998–15 Nov 1998
Drysdale (1999), Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, Perth, 13 Aug 1999–26 Sep 1999
Russell Drysdale: defining the modern Australian landscape, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, 19 Oct 2013–09 Feb 2014
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Bibliography
Referenced in 15 publications
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Dennis Colsey and Hal Missingham, One hundred years of Australian landscape painting: Art Gallery of New South Wales Travelling Art Exhibition 1968, Sydney, 1968, 21 (illus.). cat.no. 22
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Chris Deutscher, Australian modern masters and 19th & 20th century Australian and International Fine Art: Fine Art auction 3 & 4 May 2000, Melbourne, 2000, 82. reference to work in association with lot 40 'Study for The Crucifixion' 1945, pen and ink on paper, 25.0 x 36.5cm, signed with studio stamp l.r. 'Russell Drysdale'; colour illus. of lot 40 on page 82
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Russell Drysdale, The paintings of Russell Drysdale: reproducing fifteen plates in colour with an essay by Joseph Burke, 'List of works and owners, 1951', pg.47-52, Sydney, 1951, 51.
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Lou Klepac, Russell Drysdale: paintings 1940-72, Sydney, 1985, 9. cat.no. 17
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Anna Gray, Hendrik Kolenberg and Tim Bonyhady, Russell Drysdale, Perth, 1999, 2, 5, 10, 16, 17, 18 (colour illus.), 21. cat.no. 17
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Richard Haese, Rebels and precursors : the revolutionary years of Australian art, 'The new court painters', pg. 257-267, Ringwood, 1981, 264.
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Christopher Heathcote, Russell Drysdale: defining the modern Australian landscape, 'Defining the modern Australian landscape', pg. 9-32, Kent Town, 2013, 20 (colour illus.), 56-57 (colour illus.), 85.
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Lou Klepac, The life and work of Russell Drysdale, 'Drought journey', pg. 79-86, Kensington, 1983, 82, 261 (colour illus.), 367. plate no. 74
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Lou Klepac, Russell Drysdale: the drawings, 'Drysdale drawings: Donald Friend and Albury', pg. 13-19, Sydney, 2012, 19.
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Greg McKeon (Editor), Pasture degredation and recovery in Australia's rangelands: learning from history, 'Degradation and recovery episodes in Australia's rangelands: An anthology', pg. 87-172, Queensland, 2004, 121 (colour illus.). plate no. 2.4
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Julie Roberts, Uncertain ground: essays between art + nature, 'The edge of the trees at the end of the millennium', pg. 125-141, Sydney, 1999, 138.
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Geoffrey Smith, Russell Drysdale 1912-1981, Melbourne, 1997, 94, 95 (colour illus.). cat.no. 31
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Gavin Wilson, The artists of Hill End, 'On the road to Hill End', pg. 29-40, Sydney, 1995, 34 (colour illus.), 36, 118. plate no. 13
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Editor Unknown (Editor), Daily telegraph and daily news, Sydney, 26 Jul 1946, pg. no. unknown. Reference and reproduction.
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Editor Unknown (Editor), Daily telegraph and daily news, Sydney, 26 Jul 1946, (illus.).
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