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Drawing (ink) · Paper
Smith & Singer · Aug 25, 2026A$15,955 ≈ $11,413 ≈ £8,372 ≈ €9,787Sign up free to see price
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Study for Tractor Face Jackson c1950
Russell Drysdale (Australian, 1912–1981) · c1950
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A$8,400 price realized incl. premium
≈ $7,559≈ £4,618≈ €5,192
Hammer A$7,000 · with buyer’s premium A$8,400
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- Medium
- Drawing (ink) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “ink on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed with initials lower right: R.D.; inscribed lower left: Tractor Face Jackson
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 17.5 x 20.0 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Deutscher-Menzies Australian & International Fine Art, Lawson-Menzies Colonial to Contemporary including Important Aboriginal Art | December 2009 (09DEC)
- Date
- December 16, 2009
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 65
- Estimate
- A$10,000 – A$15,000 (≈ $8,999 – $13,499) (≈ £5,497 – £8,246) (≈ €6,181 – €9,271)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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