Crossing River (Burke and Wills Expedition) 1964

SIDNEY NOLAN (1917-1992)

Crossing River (Burke and Wills Expedition) 1964

oil on composition board
122.0 x 122.0 cm
signed and dated lower left: 23 Aug 1964/ Nolan
signed with initial lower right: N
signed and dated lower right: 23 Aug 64/ Nolan
signed, dated and inscribed verso: 23 Aug/ 1964/ Nolan/ E5357/ X/ Nolan/ 19/ Crossing River/ E5357/X/Nolan

Provenance:
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York
Andrew Ivanyi Gallery, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne
Sotheby's, Sydney, 25 August 2002, lot 58
Private collection, Sydney
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
Sidney Nolan, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York, January 1965, cat.19
Sidney Nolan, San Antonio Art League, Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, Texas, January - February 1967, cat.8 (illus. exhibition catalogue)

Related Works:
Burke and Wills at the Gulf, 1961, synthetic polymer paint on hardboard, 122.0 x 152.0 cm, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, presented for Claire Pitblado from Sunday Reed, 1972, illus. in Rosenthal, T. G., Sidney Nolan, Thames & Hudson, London, 2002, p.117
camel and Figure, 1966, oil on hardboard, 121.0 x 121.9 cm, Tate, London, 2001, illus. in Rosenthal, ibid., p.118

Estimate: $260000 - 360000

Result Hammer: $290000