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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 #:
  15
• Lot Description:
  Sidney Nolan
  (1917-1992)
  Face, c.1940
  transfer drawing on paper
  44.5 x 57.0cm (17 1/2 x 22 7/16in).
  RELATED WORKS: Similar transfer drawings from this series are in the collection of Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne (seven examples); National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (two examples); National Gallery of Victoria (two examples) and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (one example).
• 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: Nolan '37-'47, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 1962; Elwyn Lynn, Sidney Nolan: Myth and Imagery, London, 1967, pl. 2; Sidney Nolan: Works on Paper Retrospective, 1980-81, cat. 24 & 25; Andrew Sayers, Sidney Nolan Drawings, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 1989, p. 18; Kendrah Morgan, Sidney Nolan: early experiments, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 2013, p. 13
• Estimate:
  A$4,000 - 6,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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