Title
Desert landscape
(1952)
Artist
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Details
- Other Title
- Rocky landscape
- Date
- (1952)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 102.9 x 128.3 cm stretcher; 122.5 x 147.0 x 6.5 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed l.r., red oil "Russell Drysdale". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1959
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- OA15.1959
- Copyright
- © Estate of Russell Drysdale
- Artist information
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Russell Drysdale
Works in the collection
- Share
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Exhibition history
Shown in 9 exhibitions
Sydney painting 1952, Unknown, , 11 Jun 1952–21 Jun 1952
The Sydney Group (1952), Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 30 Jul 1952–18 Aug 1952
Second anniversary exhibition (1959), Clune Galleries, Sydney, 19 Aug 1959 -
Russell Drysdale: a retrospective exhibition of paintings from 1937 to 1960, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 05 Oct 1960–06 Nov 1960
Russell Drysdale: A retrospective exhibition; paintings 1937-1960 (Queensland Art Gallery), Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, 22 Apr 1961–28 May 1961
Australian Painting: Colonial, Impressionist, Contemporary (1962-63), National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 17 Mar 1962–31 Mar 1962
Australian Painting: Colonial, Impressionist, Contemporary (1962-63), Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 23 Sep 1962–24 Oct 1962
Australian Painting: Colonial, Impressionist, Contemporary (1962-63), Tate Britain, England, 24 Jan 1963–03 Mar 1963
Russell Drysdale (Adelaide 1964), John Martin's Auditorium, , 04 Mar 1964–21 Mar 1964
Aspects of Australian Figurative Painting 1942-1962: Dreams, Fears and Desires (The 5th Biennale of Sydney), S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, 11 Apr 1984–17 Jun 1984
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
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Bibliography
Referenced in 21 publications
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Christine Dixon and Terry Smith, Aspects of Australian figurative painting 1942-1962: dreams, fears and desires, 'Discussion of the images', pg. 71-90, Sydney, 1984, 68 (illus.), 78, 94. plate no. 53
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Geoffrey Dutton, Russell Drysdale, 'Russell Drysdale - the man and his work', pg. 7-84, London, 1964, 50, 149 (illus.), 189. plate no. 79
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Edwards and Shaw (Printer), Russell Drysdale: retrospective exhibition 1937 - 1960, Sydney, 1960. cat.no. 75
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Paul Haefliger, The Sydney Morning Herald, 'Sydney group show is exciting', pg. 2, Sydney, 30 Jul 1952, 2.
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Roslynn Haynes, Seeking the Centre, ''On the tracts of thirst and furnace': dead explorers and national identity', pg. 111-128, Cambridge, 1998, 112-13 (colour illus.).
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Lou Klepac, The life and work of Russell Drysdale, Kensington, 1983, 302 (colour illus.), 368. plate no. 118
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Sandra McGrath and John Olsen, The artist & the desert, Sydney, 1981, 56 (colour illus.).
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Ross Mellick and Nick Waterlow, Spirit and place: Art in Australia 1861-1996, Sydney, Nov 1996, 91 (illus.).
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Vincent Fairfax and Russell Drysdale, Russell Drysdale, a lecture: Impressions of a painter in Europe today, Sydney, Dec 1959, cover (illus.).
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Hal Missingham (Director), Purchases and acquisitions for 1959, Sydney, 1959, 8, (illus.). cat.no. 10
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Sarah Scott, Seize the day: exhibitions, Australia and the world, 'A colonial legacy: Australian painting at the Tate Gallery, London, 1963', pg. 19.1-19.22., Clayton, 2008, 19.9.
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Geoffrey Smith, Russell Drysdale 1912-1981, Melbourne, 1997, 136, 137 (colour illus.). cat.no. 52
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William Splatt and Susan Bruce, 100 masterpieces of Australian landscape painting, Melbourne, 1986, 186, 187 (colour illus.). plate no. 90
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Wendy Symonds (Editor), Look, Heidelberg, 10 (illus.).
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Daniel Thomas AM and Paul Haefliger, Russell Drysdale; a retrospective exhibition of paintings from 1937 to 1960, Sydney, 1960, 39 (illus.), 59. plate no. 23; cat.no. 75
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Daniel Thomas, Hemisphere, 'Drysdale's art changed the Australian outlook', pg. 12-18, Sydney, Nov 1960, cover (illus.), 18 (illus.).
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Clive Turnbull, Jean Campbell and Daniel Thomas AM, Australian painting: colonial, impressionist, contemporary, Adelaide, 1962, 42. cat.no. 102
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Judith White, Look, 'Russell Drysdale speaks: his thoughts from 55 years ago', pg. 34-36, Sydney, Jul 2014, 35 (colour illus.).
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The Adelaide Festival of Arts 1962: Special exhibitions at the National Gallery of South Australia, 'Australian Painting: Colonial, Impressionist, Contemporary', Adelaide, 1962. not paginated, cat.no. 120
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Editor Unknown (Editor), The Times, Our Adelaide Correspondent, 'Australian art - Colonial to Contemporary', pg. 15, London, 28 Mar 1962, 15 (illus.).
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Editor Unknown (Editor), Australian art masterpieces, South Yarra, 1984, (colour illus.). plate no. 105
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