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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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Auction result
(Watching Television)
Russell Drysdale (Australian, 1912–1981)
A$1,952 price realized incl. premium
≈ $1,411≈ £920≈ €1,276
Hammer A$1,600 · with buyer’s premium A$1,952
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- Medium
- Drawing (ink) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “ink and wash on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed 'Russell Drysdale' lower right
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 23 x 20.5 cm
- Auction house
- Smith & Singer
- Sale
- Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design (AU0800)
- Date
- October 27, 2015
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 145
- Estimate
- A$1,500 – A$2,000 (≈ $1,084 – $1,446) (≈ £707 – £943) (≈ €980 – €1,307)
- Source
- Auction house smithandsinger.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice in 2015 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Jul 21, 2015 · Smith & Singer
Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design, lot 92
Bought in / unsold · est. A$2,000 – A$3,000
As catalogued
Russell Drysdale, “(Watching Television)”
ink and wash on paper
23 x 20.5 cm
Oct 27, 2015 · Smith & Singer this result
Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design, lot 145
Sold A$1,952Sign up to see · est. A$1,500 – A$2,000
As catalogued
Russell Drysdale, “(Watching Television)”
ink and wash on paper
23 x 20.5 cm
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 97%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.
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