Man with Snake 1964
Lithograph
53.5 x 77 cm
Signed, titled, dated and numbered 49/75
Literature: Russell Drysdale, Lou Klepac, Bay Books, NSW, 1983, page 174.4
The subject of Man with Snake is Drysdale's friend, Eric Worrell, a naturalist, herpetologist and writer whose collection of snake venom was essential in the production of snake anti-venom in Australia. He was founder of the Australian Reptile Park in Gosford, NSW.
Drysdale made 6 lithographs. The first one was Kimberley Landscape 1964 and was commissioned by the Art Gallery Society of the National Gallery of Victoria. They were all published by Gallery A Print Workshop and printed by Janet Dawson
Item #7313
Price: $4,500.00