Lot #70 - Sidney Nolan
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Auction House:Bonhams Australia
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Sale Name:Sir Sidney Nolan Works from the Estate of Lady Nolan, Part III
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Sale Date:24 Nov 2020 ~ 6pm (AEDT)
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Lot #:70
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Lot Description:Sidney Nolan
(1917 - 1992)
Ned Kelly - Jerilderie Letter, c.1966
crayon on paper
76.0 x 56.0cm (29 15/16 x 22 1/16in).
numbered 4 and inscribed verso: '"The Jerilderie Letter" / "and as quick as thought fired at me with the rifle / without unslinging it and was in the act of firing / again when I had to shoot him and he fell / from his horse"' -
Provenance:Sir Sidney Nolan, United Kingdom, until 1992; Lady Nolan, United Kingdom, until 2016; The Estate of Lady Nolan, United Kingdom
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Exhibited:Sidney Nolan, Kim Bonython's Hungry Horse Art Gallery, Sydney, 18 - 29 September 1967, cat. 4
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Notes:This work is based on an extract from the Jerilderie Letter, an extraordinary fifty-six- page document composed by Ned Kelly in 1879
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Estimate:A$8,000 - 12,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Art
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