Reproduced with the courtesy of the Sidney Nolan Trust/ Bridgeman Images
Sidney Nolan (1917-1992)
Swamp 1947
Estimate: $40000 - 60000
Sold For:
$85000 hammer
Description
Sidney Nolan (1917-1992)
Swamp 1947
ripolin on board
74.5 x 104.0 cm
signed, dated and inscribed lower left: Swamp/ Oct 47 Nolan
Provenance:
Moreton Galleries, Brisbane, 1948
Dr Leopold Lofkovits, Brisbane
Collection of Lady Mary Nolan, United Kingdom
Private collection, United States of America
Exhibited:
Paintings by Sidney Nolan, Moreton Galleries, Brisbane, 17 - 28 February 1948, cat.9 On loan to the Courier-Mail, Brisbane, April 1949
On long-term loan to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1971 - 2003 (label attached verso, accession no. 1971.1)
Reference:
New Paintings in Art Panel,' Courier-Mail, Brisbane, 16 April 1949, p.2 'Art Panel Broadcast,' Courier-Mail, Brisbane, 20 April 1949, p.2
Related Works:
Platypus Bay, Fraser Island 1947, Ripolin on board, 76.0 x 105.5 cm, Queensland Art Gallery collection, Brisbane, purchased 2013
Fraser Island 1947, Ripolin on board, 77.0 x 105.0 cm, Art Gallery of New South Wales collection, Sydney, purchased 2001
Estimate: $40000 - 60000
Result Hammer: $85000