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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 #:
  47
• Lot Description:
  Sidney Nolan
  (1917-1992)
  Figures in an Interior with hanging lamp, Kelly Series, c.1947
  transfer drawing on paper
  25.0 x 31.5cm (9 13/16 x 12 3/8in). (sheet size)
  RELATED WORKS: Similar examples of the Kelly series transfer drawings are in the collection of Heidi Museum and Art Gallery, Melbourne (seven examples), the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (five examples), and the National Gallery of Victoria (two examples).
• Provenance:
  Sir Sidney Nolan, United Kingdom, until 1992; Lady Nolan, United Kingdom, until 2016; The Estate of Lady Nolan, United Kingdom
• References:
  For published examples of transfer drawings from this series, see: Sidney Nolan: Works on Paper Retrospective, 1980-81, cat. 67 and front cover illustration; Andrew Sayers, Sidney Nolan Drawings, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 1989, pp. 40, 41; Warwick Reeder, The Ned Kelly Paintings: Nolan at Heide 1946-47, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 1997, cat. 10-19, pp. 70-72
• Notes:
  In the present work Nolan depicts a kerosene lantern similar to the one in the Kelly series painting The defence of Aaron Sherritt, in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, painted a few weeks earlier.
• Estimate:
  A$2,500 - 3,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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