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• Auction House:
  Sotheby's Australia
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  26 Aug 2014 ~ 6.30pm
• Lot #:
  37
• Lot Description:
  Sidney Nolan
  (1917-1992)
  Burke and Wills Expedition 1962
  synthetic polymer paint on composition board
  122 x 122 cm
  signed 'Nolan' lower left; signed and dated 'Nolan 1962' verso
• Provenance:
  Sir Sidney Nolan, United Kingdom; Private Collection, London; Australian, International and Contemporary Paintings, Christie's, Melbourne, 6 May 2003, lot 52, 'Explorer', illustrated; Gould Galleries, Melbourne and Sydney (stock 13207); Private Collection, Melbourne
• Exhibited:
  Sidney Nolan: 1937 to 1979, Arts Centre, New Metropole, The Leas, Folkestone, 5 May - 3 June 1979, no. 57, '1964', illustrated; Sidney Nolan, Gould Galleries, Sydney, 12 November - 7 December 2003, no. 16, 'Burke, Explorer', illustrated
• References:
  Charles S. Spencer, 'Speaking with Sidney Nolan: The Australian Heroic Dream', Studio International, London, November 1964, p. 206 (illustrated); Elywn Lynn, Sidney Nolan: Myth and Imagery, Macmillan, London, 1967, p. 86 (illustrated); Ashley Crawford, Directory of Australian Art, Craftsman House, Melbourne, 2006, p. 80 (illustrated)
• Estimate:
  A$280,000 - 320,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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