Gorilla 1963

SIDNEY NOLAN (1917-1992)

Gorilla 1963

oil on composition board
122.0 x 152.0 cm
signed with initial lower right: N
signed with initial, dated and inscribed verso: Dying Gorilla/ 20/1/63/ n

Provenance:
Lady Nolan, United Kingdom
Corporate collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
Sidney Nolan Retrospective Exhibition. Paintings from 1937 to 1967, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 September - 29 October 1967, cat.114 (label attached verso); National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 22 November 1967-17 December 1967

Reference:
Nolan, C., One Traveller's Africa, Methuen, London, 1965, p.141 (illus.)
Lynn, E., Sidney Nolan: Myth and Imagery, Macmillan, London, 1967, pl.44

Estimate: $35000 - 45000

Result Hammer: $32000