The Flogging - Burke and Wills 1985

Sidney Nolan (1917-1992)

The Flogging - Burke and Wills 1985

oil on canvas (triptych)
183.0 x 160.0 cm (each)

i) signed with initial lower left: N signed, dated and inscribed verso: 1) The Flogging/ 17 - 18 Aug 1985 / Burke + Wills/ Nolan ii) signed with initial lower right: N signed, dated and inscribed verso: 2) The Flogging/ 17 - 18 Aug 1985 / Burke + Wills/ Nolan iii) signed with initial lower left: N signed, dated and inscribed verso: 3) The Flogging/ 17 - 18 Aug 1985 / Burke + Wills/ Nolan

Provenance:

Lady Nolan, United Kingdom Corporate collection, Melbourne Menzies, Melbourne, 14 September 2011, lot 50 Private collection, Melbourne Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 13 February 2013, lot 48 Company collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:

Sidney Nolan: Burke and Wills, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 7 November 1985 - 26 January 1986, cat.26 (illus. exhibition catalogue p.10) Jack Manton Art Prize 1987, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 12 February - 29 March 1987 (label attached verso)

Estimate: $160000 - 200000

Result Hammer: $150000