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• Auction House:
  Bonhams Australia
• Sale Name:
  Sir Sidney Nolan Works from the Estate of Lady Nolan, Part III
• Sale Date:
  24 Nov 2020 ~ 6pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  64
• Lot Description:
  Sidney Nolan
  (1917 - 1992)
  Antarctica Coastline, 1964
  oil on board
  122.0 x 122.0cm (48 1/16 x 48 1/16in).
  signed, dated and inscribed verso: 'Antarctica / 28 Aug 1964 / Nolan'; titled and signed verso: 'No. 14 / Coastline / Nolan / Marlborough'
  RELATED WORKS: Antarctica, 1964, oil on composition board, 121.9 x 121.9cm (NGA 2017.228); Antarctica, 1964, oil on composition board, 121.9 x 121.9cm (NGA 2017.229), and Antarctica, oil on composition board, 121.9 x 121.9cm (NGA 2017.230), all in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 2017 from the estate of Lady Nolan; Mt. Erebus, 1964, oil on composition board, 122.0 x 123.0cm, in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Antarctica, 1964, oil on composition board, 122.0 x 122.0cm, in the collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, purchased 2019 from the estate of Lady Nolan ; Antarctica, 1964, oil on composition board, 121.00 x 121.0cm, in the collection of the Tate Gallery, London
• Provenance:
  Sir Sidney Nolan, United Kingdom, until 1992; Lady Nolan, United Kingdom, until 2016; The Estate of Lady Nolan, United Kingdom
• Exhibited:
  Sidney Nolan: Recent Work, Marlborough Fine Art, London, May 1965, cat. 14; Sidney Nolan - Antarctic Journey, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 29 November 2006 – 25 February 2007, cat. 11 (label attached verso); Sidney Nolan: Antarctica, The Polar Museum, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 29 September - 18 December 2010
• References:
  Rodney James, Sidney Nolan: Antarctic Journey, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 2006, cat. 11, p. 72 (illus.); Anthony Plant, Heather Lane and Robert Douglas Smith, Sidney Nolan: Antarctica, The Polar Museum, Cambridge, p. 17 (illus.)
• Notes:
  By the early 1960s Nolan's international fame was reaching a crescendo based on his paintings of Kelly, Burke and Wills, Mrs Fraser and the convict Bracefell, and Gallipoli. These flawed heroes and anti-heroes existed within landscapes that were essential to their narrative. In each case, Nolan visited the areas he depicted before starting to paint. In 1964 when an opportunity came to visit Antarctica on a United States naval ship he leapt at the opportunity spurred by a lifelong interest in the great age of Antarctic exploration and its heroes, Amundsen, Scott, Mawson and Shackleton. The Antarctic series that followed Nolan's journey was to be his last major body of work that examined the making of modern legends. When the paintings were first exhibited in New York and London early the following year they were shown alongside his recent paintings of Kelly and Burke and Wills. For other important works from this series see lots 10, 20, 40, 72, 79, 89 and 107.
• Estimate:
  A$65,000 - 85,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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