Cheetah and Zebra 1963

Sidney Nolan (1917-1992)

Cheetah and Zebra 1963

oil on board
120.5 x 149.5 cm

signed with initial lower right: N

signed with initial and inscribed indistinctly verso: Cheetah/ + Zebra/ N/ [illeg.]

Provenance:

Marlborough Fine Art, London

Private collection

Christie's, Melbourne, 14 March 1974, lot 425

Private collection

Christie's, Sydney, 18 August 1993, lot 848

Adrian Slinger Galleries, Queensland, 1996

Private collection, Queensland

Exhibited:

Sidney Nolan: African Journey, Marlborough Fine Art, London, May - June 1963, cat.10 (illus. exhibition catalogue)

We gratefully acknowledge the kind assistance of Andrew Turley with cataloguing this work.

Reference:

Levey, M., 'Around the Galleries: Nolan in Africa,' The London Magazine, London, July 1963, vol.3, no.4, p.26 (illus.)

Nash, J., 'Archetypes on the Hoof,' Yorkshire Post, Leeds, 18 May 1963

Lynn, E., Sidney Nolan: Myth and Imagery, Macmillan, London, 1967, p.54 (illus. p.77, pl.45)

Estimate: $70000 - 90000

Result Hammer: $64000