The snake man.

Primary Artist

Russell Drysdale (1912–1981)

Title

The snake man.

Other titles

Man with snake

The snake man - Eric Worrell

Date made

1964

Place made

Gallery A Print Workshop, 275 Toorak Road, South Yarra, Naam / Melbourne, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in black ink, from one plate

Matrix size

50.0 x 80.0 cm ?(sheet)

Support

paper

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression (printers proof)

Edition information

edition of 75

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

no inscriptions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

169447

Accession number

93.1645

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 2, 1993/94 (1993-10-27)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Janet Dawson (who printed the work at Gallery A, Sydney), New South Wales, 1993

Credit line

Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 1993

Copyright

© Estate of Russell Drysdale

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Dawson, Janet. | (1935–) Australian | Female | printer

Gallery A Print Workshop [Melbourne]. | (1962–1964) Australian | Organisation | print workshop

Drysdale, Russell. | (1912–1981) English | Male | artist

Last Updated

04 Nov 2025