Darling River c1949

SIDNEY NOLAN (1917-1992)

Darling River c1949

oil on composition board
76.0 x 91.5 cm
signed lower right: NOLAN

Provenance:
Acquired from the artist, 1953
Queensland Art Gallery Collection, Brisbane
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 8 December 2004, lot 16
Gould Galleries, Melbourne (label attached verso)
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
Sidney Nolan, The Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane, 15 - 25 September 1953, cat.2
Australian Contemporary Paintings, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 16 March - 27 April 1955, cat.5
Sidney Nolan: Myth and Country, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 9 November - 4 December 2005, cat.8 (illus. exhibition catalogue)

Reference:
Lynn, E., & Nolan, S., Sidney Nolan - Australia, Bay Books, Sydney, 1979, pp.90-91 (illus.)

Estimate: $28000 - 35000

Result Hammer: $30000