Antarctica

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SIR SIDNEY ROBERT NOLAN, O.M., R.A. (1917-1992)
Antarctica
signed 'Nolan' (lower right); signed, inscribed and dated 'Antarctica/Marlborough/Nolan 1964' (on the reverse)
acrylic on board
48 x 48 in. (121.9 x 121.9 cm.)
Painted in 1964.

Provenance

with Agnews, London, where acquired for the present collection in January 2001.

Exhibited

Victoria, de Mornington Peninsular Regional Gallery, Sidney Nolan: Antarctic Journey, November 2006-February 2007, exhibition not numbered.
London, Pyms Gallery, Sir Sidney Nolan, April - May 2006, no. 9, illustrated.

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Lot Essay

‘The color in the Antarctic was a complete surprise to me. I had expected only the white of ice and snow, but this is not so. It is black, ochre, dark green, and blue, with an oyster-colored sky and an indigo sea. The colors appear as if under intense moonlight.'

(The artist quoted in ‘As Sidney Nolan Sees Antarctic’, The Australian Women’s Weekly, 15 September 1965, p.10).

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