Africa - Seated Beggar 1963

Sidney Nolan (1917-1992)

Africa - Seated Beggar 1963

oil on composition board
121.5 x 152.0 cm

signed with initial lower left: N

dated lower right: 20/1/63

signed, dated and inscribed verso: 20/1/63/ Nolan/ AFRICA/ Rimbaud poem/ "O unspeakable [illeg.]"/ Seated Beggar

Provenance:

Lady Mary Nolan, United Kingdom

Company collection, Melbourne

Menzies, Melbourne, 14 September 2011, lot 20

Private collection, Queensland

Exhibited:

Sidney Nolan: African Journey, Marlborough Gallery, London, May - June 1963, cat.5 (label attached verso, stock no.SN59) Sidney Nolan: African Journey, Nolan Gallery, Lanyon, Australian Capital Territory, 19 November 1986 - 1 February 1987, cat.23 Nolan's African Journey, Nolan Gallery, Lanyon, Australian Capital Territory, 17 October - 1 December 1991, cat.11

Reference:

Sidney Nolan: African Journey, Marlborough Fine Art Limited, London, 1963, p.4 (illus.) Brookner, A., 'Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: London', The Burlington Magazine, London, vol.105, no.723, June 1963, p.288, fig.43 (illus.) Gosling, N., 'Sidney Nolan on Safari', The Observer, London, 12 May 1963, p.28 Whitlet, G., 'May Day For Moderns' , Studio, July 1963, vol.166, no.843, p.11

Estimate: $40000 - 50000

Result Hammer: $39000