Provenance

I finally have some information on the provenance of the painting. The painting was offered for sale in the March 2005 auction by Deutscher-Menzies with the title of 'Bayswater Road'. The vendor was a dealer from Melbourne, who bought the painting as a speculative buy, not sure if it was actually a Drysdale. The experts at Deutscher-Menzies took it to the Melbourne expert on Drysdale - Geoffrey Smith - who said that the pallette was correct, but was concerned about the exectution/technique, and therefore could not confirm it as a Drysdale.

This also solves the mystery of the sticker with the number '7708', which is the item number from Deutscher-Menzies.