Russell Drysdale: career timeline
Australian · 1912–1981 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 108 of 158 lots (67% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 4 | 4 | $4.5kSign up | Oil |
| 1940s | 21 | 19 | $20.8kSign up | Drawing |
| 1950s | 24 | 20 | $278kSign up | Oil |
| 1960s | 32 | 26 | $44kSign up | Oil |
| 1970s | 10 | 10 | $4.5kSign up | Drawing |
| 1980s | 5 | 4 | $290Sign up | Etching |
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1930s 4 works
1940s 21 works
- Sold
- 19 of 21
- Median
- $20.8kSign up
- Average
- $150kSign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 10 in (30 × 26 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (6), Oil (6), Watercolor (5)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (8), Abstract (2), Flowers & still life (1)
1941 Still Life in a Landscape 1941$17.9kSign up · sold 2×
1941 Midnight Osborne (1941)$115kSign up
1941 Man with Ram (1941)$45.4kSign up
1941 Country Boy (1941)$183kSign up
1942 The Soldiers c1942Unsold
c. 1944 Four Figures 1944-45Unsold
1944 Portrait of Tim (1944)$55.4kSign up
1944 Study for Composition (circa 1944)$854Sign up
1944 Study of a Man and Two Children 1944$3.6kSign up
c. 1944 Four Studies for Drought Series 1944-1945$2kSign up
1944 Study for Bushfire (1944)$14.8kSign up
1945 Head of a Boy (1945)$20.8kSign up
Show 9 more (1940s)
1945 Study for Deserted Out-Station$643Sign up
1946 Composition (1946)$123kSign up
c. 1946 Shapes for Textile Designs$2.6kSign up
1946 Shapes for Textile Designs (1946)$10kSign up
1947 Portrait of a Girl (Lynne) 1947$273kSign up
1948 Country Child c1948$1.4MSign up
1949 Flying Doctor, North Queensland 1949$6kSign up
1949 Landscape of Rocks 1949$157kSign up
1949 Head of a Boy (1949)$456kSign up
1950s 24 works
- Sold
- 20 of 24
- Median
- $278kSign up
- Average
- $350kSign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 24 in (51 × 61 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (19), Drawing (5)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (6), Landscapes (4)
1950 Country Child$3kSign up
1950 Portrait of Hal Missingham c1950$3.4kSign up
1950 Mr Pecksniff from Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens 1950$1.6kSign up
1950 Study for Tractor Face Jackson c1950$7.6kSign up
1953 Boy in a Landscape (1953)$83.4kSign up
1953 Boy on a Log (1953)$218kSign up
1953 Family Group 1953$186kSign up
1953 Boy on a Log 1953Unsold
1953 LANDSCAPE IN BROWN AND YELLOW (1953)$315kSign up
1953 BOY ON A LOG (1953)Unsold
1956 Monolith 1956$59.7kSign up
1956 (Desert Landscape) (circa 1956)Unsold
Show 12 more (1950s)
1957 Drovers on the Barkly's (1957)$1.7MSign up
1957 The Young Ringer 1957$405kSign up · sold 4×
1958 The Stockman (1958)Unsold
1958 Portrait of An Aboriginal Woman$1.2kSign up
1958 Desert Children 1958$329kSign up
1958 Desert Children 1958$289kSign up
1958 Red Landscape 1958$753kSign up · sold 4×
1958 Desert Children 1958$330kSign up
1958 Desert Children 1958$268kSign up
1958 Landscape in the Kimberleys (also known as Kimberley Landscape) 1958$864kSign up
1958 Desert Children 1958$346kSign up
1959 Diver, Broome 1959$870kSign up · sold 2×
1960s 32 works
- Sold
- 26 of 32
- Median
- $44kSign up
- Average
- $202kSign up
- Typical size
- 26 × 24 in (66 × 61 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (19), Drawing (5), Watercolor (5)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (12), Landscapes (3), Sunsets & night (1)
1960 Mangula 1960Unsold
1961 Portrait of a Stockman$1.9kSign up
1961 Dawn Flight, Bass Strait 1961$211kSign up
1961 Half-Caste Girl 1961$145kSign up
1961 Half-caste Woman (also known as Portrait) 1961Unsold
1961 Ellamera, The Rebel$4kSign up
1961 Long Tom 1961$9.1kSign up
1961 Jack (1961)$9.1kSign up
1961 Half-caste Woman 1961$271kSign up
1961 (Study) (1961)$1.6kSign up
1961 Half-caste Woman 1961$365kSign up
1961 Half-caste Woman 1961$228kSign up
Show 12 more (1960s)
1961 Half-caste Woman 1961Unsold
1961 Half-caste Woman 1961$281kSign up
1961 Mother and Child 1961Unsold
1963 Pub in Wilcannia 1963$20.4kSign up
c. 1964 Unfinished Portrait$4.6kSign up
1964 Kimberley LandscapeUnsold
1964 Blacks' Camp$530Sign up
c. 1964 Two Children$651Sign up
1964 Warrego Jim c1964$1.3MSign up
1965 Mother and Child 1965$795kSign up
1965 Portrait of an Aboriginal Girl c1965$67.1kSign up · sold 3×
1965 The Barmaid, Broome 1965$455kSign up
…and 8 more works from this group in the full results list.
1970s 10 works
- Sold
- 10 of 10
- Median
- $4.5kSign up
- Average
- $150kSign up
- Typical size
- 13.5 × 16 in (35 × 40 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (5), Oil (3), Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2), Sunsets & night (1)
1970 Gentleman Wearing Braces c1970$2.2kSign up
1970 Sofala$205Sign up
1970 Young Boy Johnnie c1970$5.1kSign up
1970 Desert Nomad c1970$298kSign up
1971 The Aeroplane (1971)$429kSign up
1972 Teenagers Courting (1972)$4kSign up
1978 Evening on Stony Plains 1978$743kSign up
1979 The Ball Game 1979$3.4kSign up
1979 Head of a Woman 1979$4kSign up
1979 Midnight Osborne 1979$10.7kSign up
1980s 5 works
- Sold
- 4 of 5
- Median
- $290Sign up
- Average
- $274Sign up
- Typical size
- 5.5 × 5 in (14 × 13 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (5)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (1)
1980 Mother and ChildUnsold
c. 1980 Caretaker and His Daughter, Whipple Creek Bore$53Sign up
1980 Mother and Child$312Sign up
1980 Long Ago$464Sign up
1980 Old Drover,' c$268Sign up
Creation date not recorded
48 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2000s 2 works
- Sold
- 1 of 2
- Median
- $3.8kSign up
- Average
- $3.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 9.5 in (27 × 24 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (2)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (1), Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2009 Study for Caretaker and His Daughter, Whipple Creek BoreUnsold
sold 2009 The Snake Man$3.8kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 27 works
- Sold
- 27 of 27
- Median
- $2.8kSign up
- Average
- $14.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 9 × 9 in (23 × 23 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (20), Watercolor (3), Lithograph (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (13)
sold 2010 Soldier and Child$1.9kSign up
sold 2010 (Aboriginal Child)$5.2kSign up
sold 2010 Woman Leaning on a Bar$2.6kSign up
sold 2010 i) Girl with Hat ii) Mother and Child$2.6kSign up
sold 2010 Figure Studies$3.5kSign up
sold 2010 Female Studies$3.7kSign up
Show 6 more (2010s)
sold 2012 Untitled (Nude)$2.8kSign up
sold 2013 Three ink sketches:$937Sign up
sold 2014 Head Stockman$8.6kSign up
sold 2014 The Snake Man 1965 ink on paper$903Sign up
sold 2014 Old Lady$6.3kSign up
sold 2014 The Armchair$2.3kSign up
…and 15 more works from this group in the full results list.
Undated, sold in the 2020s 19 works
- Sold
- 18 of 19
- Median
- $2.9kSign up
- Average
- $3.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 9 × 9.5 in (23 × 25 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (13), Watercolor (3), Other (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (5)
sold 2020 Study for Mother and ChildUnsold
sold 2020 Grandma's Shopping Day$2.9kSign up
sold 2020 Youth and Age$3.6kSign up
sold 2020 Drover Resting$1.2kSign up
sold 2020 Country child$1.9kSign up
sold 2020 At the Bar$2.1kSign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2021 Aboriginal Woman$13.8kSign up
sold 2021 Country Child$4.1kSign up
sold 2021 Two Children$1.4kSign up
sold 2021 Head of a Young Man$2kSign up
sold 2022 Brother and Sister$2.9kSign up
sold 2023 Two Men in a Landscape with Truck$1.5kSign up
…and 7 more works from this group in the full results list.
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Russell Drysdale auction results →