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008 SIDNEY NOLAN
Diver, 1945
(1917 - 1992)
ripolin enamel on board
63.5 x 76.0 cm
signed and dated lower right: August 1st 45 / N inscribed with title and date verso

ESTIMATE: $120,000 - 160,000

PROVENANCE
Estate of the artist, London
Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd, London
Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
On loan to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1999 - 2001 (label attached verso)
Private collection, Sydney

EXHIBITED
Sidney Nolan, Hatton Gallery, University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, March 1961, cat. 21, and touring to Sheffield, Leeds, Hull, Bristol, Liverpool, Edinburgh and Wakefield
Nolan '37-'47, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, 1962, cat. 25 (as 'Luna Park')
Nolan's Nolans: A Reputation Reassessed, Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd., London, 11 June - 25 July 1997, cat. 18 (illus.)

LITERATURE
Lynn, E., Sidney Nolan: Myth and Imagery, Macmillan, London, 1967, pp. 17 & 65, pl. 15 (illus.)
Rosenthal, T. G., Sidney Nolan, Thames & Hudson, London, 2002, pp. 30 & 32 (illus.)


 
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