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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY

SIDNEY NOLAN
1917-1992

Pentecost Range 1949

Estimate $80,000 – $100,000

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© The Nolan Trust/ Bridgeman Images

PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY

SIDNEY NOLAN

1917-1992
Pentecost Range 1949

oil and enamel paint on composition board
signed, dated and inscribed 'Pentecost Range / Nolan / 1949' lower left [since rubbed off]
75.9 x 121.4 cm

Provenance

David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney
Mr David Coventry, Sydney, acquired from the above on 31 March 1950
Modern British Drawings, Paintings and Sculpture, Sotheby's, London, 21 November 1973, lot 206, illustrated
The Lord McAlpine of West Green, United Kingdom
Australian City Properties, Perth
The Bishops House Collection, Phillips, Sydney, 12 August 1999, lot 478, illustrated
Gould Galleries, Melbourne and Sydney (stock 12,291) (label verso)
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above

Exhibited

Sidney Nolan: Exhibition of Central Australian Landscapes, David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, 31 March – 14 April 1950, no. 1, 35 gns
Twentieth Century Australian Art: A Major Collectors' Exhibition, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 25 March – 30 April 2000, Gould Galleries, Sydney, 13 May – 11 June 2000, no. 15, illustrated
Sidney Nolan: Landscapes and Legends, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 7 March – 8 April 2001, Gould Galleries, Sydney, 2 May – 3 June 2001, no. 8, illustrated
Sidney Nolan: Desert and Drought, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne, 6 June – 17 August 2003, no. 14, illustrated (label verso)
Blue Chip XII: The Collectors' Exhibition, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 2 March – 1 April 2010, no. 22, illustrated (label verso)

Literature

Geoffrey Smith, Sidney Nolan: Desert and Drought, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne, 6 June – 17 August 2003, pp. 21, 36 (illustrated), 147

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