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Issue Details: First known date: 1945... 1945 The Drover's Wife
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Form: painting
First known date: ca. 1945
Notes:
oil on canvas; 51.3cm x 61.3cm
Notes:
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
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Works about this Work

The Lie of the Land Hamish Clayton , 2017 single work short story
— Appears in: The Drover's Wife : A Celebration of a Great Australian Love Affair 2017; (p. 225-236)
The Drysdale/Lawson Mysteries and the Question of the Big Women Frank Moorhouse , 2017 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Drover's Wife : A Celebration of a Great Australian Love Affair 2017; (p. 207-221)

'Drysdale is the essential Australian painter. Many gifted painters have come out of Australia, and one of them Sydney Nolan is a universal figure. But noone except Drysdale gives the same authentic feeling of the resolute humanity that has manged to exist in that terrible continent ...' (Introduction)
The Drovers' Wives Mandy Sayer , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 68 no. 2 2008; (p. 193-208)
The Drover's Wife & Woman in a Landscape i "Landed", Aileen Kelly , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 60 no. 3 2000; (p. 28) City and Stranger : Poems 2002; (p. 88) The Passion Paintings : Poems 1983-2006 2006; (p. 116-117)
The Drovers' Wives Mandy Sayer , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 68 no. 2 2008; (p. 193-208)
The Drover's Wife & Woman in a Landscape i "Landed", Aileen Kelly , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 60 no. 3 2000; (p. 28) City and Stranger : Poems 2002; (p. 88) The Passion Paintings : Poems 1983-2006 2006; (p. 116-117)
The Drysdale/Lawson Mysteries and the Question of the Big Women Frank Moorhouse , 2017 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Drover's Wife : A Celebration of a Great Australian Love Affair 2017; (p. 207-221)

'Drysdale is the essential Australian painter. Many gifted painters have come out of Australia, and one of them Sydney Nolan is a universal figure. But noone except Drysdale gives the same authentic feeling of the resolute humanity that has manged to exist in that terrible continent ...' (Introduction)
The Lie of the Land Hamish Clayton , 2017 single work short story
— Appears in: The Drover's Wife : A Celebration of a Great Australian Love Affair 2017; (p. 225-236)
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