Ned Kelly and Mounted Trooper 1964

SIDNEY NOLAN (1917-1992)

Ned Kelly and Mounted Trooper 1964

oil on board
152.5 x 122.0 cm
signed with initial lower left: N
signed and dated lower right: 23 oct 1964/ nolan
signed and dated verso: 23 oct 1964/ nolan

Provenance:
Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 31 July 1990, lot 98
Private collection, Sydney
Menzies, Sydney, 22 March 2012, lot 41
Private collection, Melbourne
Menzies, Melbourne, 31 October 2013, lot 38
Company collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:
Possibly Recent Paintings (1964-65) by Sidney Nolan, jointly presented by the Australian National University and the Department of the Interior, Albert Hall, Canberra, 26 August - 8 September 1965, no.17-24 (catalogue numbers 17-24 comprised of the 'Kelly in the Landscape' series of eight works, each measuring 5ft. x 4 ft. (152.5 x 122.0 cm), all of which were painted between October 1964 and the end of the year). Confirmed in consultation with Peter Haynes, Curator of the University of Canberra Art Collection, formerly Director of the Parliament House Art Collection and the Nolan Gallery.

Estimate: $550000 - 750000

Result Hammer: $525,000