Spectre

Details

SIR GEORGE RUSSELL DRYSDALE (1912-1981)
Spectre
signed 'Drysdale' (lower right)
oil on canvas
50 x 39.5 cm
1

Provenance

Gifted by Drysdale to Dr Cedric Swanton, circa 1939 and thence by descent

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Dr Cedric Swanton was a prominent Sydney doctor and a good friend of Russell Drysdale. Dr Swanton built the boat depicted in this painting and he and Drysdale sailed together with Allan McGarrity. Drysdale has portrayed himself pulling on the mainsail, while Mr McGarrity's legs appear behind the boom and the mainsail.

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