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Lot #146

  • Auction House:
    Bonhams Australia
  • Sale Name:
    Sir Sidney Nolan | Selected works from the Estate of Lady Nolan
  • Sale Date:
    17 Nov 2021 ~ 6pm (AEDT)
  • Lot #:
    146
  • Lot Description:

    Antarctic Coastline, 1964
    oil on board
    122.0 x 122.5cm (48 1/16 x 48 1/4in).
    signed and dated lower right: '27 Aug 1964 / nolan'
    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, purchased in 2011 from Lady Nolan; 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
  • 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. Each of 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 U.S. naval ship he leaped at the chance. Aside from his love of travel and natural curiosity, he had a lifelong interest in the great age of Antarctic exploration and its leading men, 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 legends. When the paintings were first exhibited in New York and London early the following year they were shown alongside Kelly and Burke and Wills paintings.
  • Estimate:
    A$70,000 - 90,000
  • Realised Price:
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  • Category:
    Art

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