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• Auction House:
  Bonhams Australia
• Sale Name:
  Sidney Nolan | The Heide Years, 1938-1947
• Sale Date:
  23 Aug 2022 ~ 6pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  38
• Lot Description:
  Sidney Nolan
  (1917-1992)
  Planes and Parachutes, Port Phillip Bay, c.1942
  ink and watercolour on paper
  18.0 x 24.5cm (7 1/16 x 9 5/8in).
  RELATED WORKS: Three similar works from this small series depicting a military aeroplane crash are in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, each titled Planes and Parachutes, Port Phillip Bay, c.1942; Two similar works from this series are in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, with the titles Morning Child, dated 8 June 1942; and Untitled (Desert, Morning, Plane Crash), c.1942
• Provenance:
  Sir Sidney Nolan, United Kingdom, until 1992; Lady Nolan, United Kingdom, until 2016; The Estate of Lady Nolan, United Kingdom
• Exhibited:
  Making History: Nolan at the Newsagent, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 18 November 2017-20 May 2018
• References:
  Making History: Nolan at the Newsagent, exh. cat., Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 2017, pp. 4, 13 (illus.)
• Notes:
  For published examples of works from this series see: Sidney Nolan: Works on Paper Retrospective, 1980-81, cat. 41, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48 (dated June 1942) and 49
• Estimate:
  A$6,000 - 8,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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