Sidney Nolan
1917-1992

PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

Sidney Nolan

1917-1992
DESERT BIRD 1948

enamel paint on composition board
signed and dated '23-6-48 / Nolan' lower left
frame: original, Cynthia and Sidney Nolan, Sydney
91.5 X 122CM

Provenance

Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Private Collection, Melbourne
By descent
Private Collection, Melbourne

Exhibited

Christmas Exhibition, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 1-24 December 1948, no. 19, 35 gns
Sidney Nolan: Landscapes and Legends, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 3 June - 26 July 1987, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 11 August - 27 September 1987, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 21 October - 29 November 1987, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 15 December 1987 - 31 January 1988, illustrated
Sidney Nolan, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2 November 2007 - 3 February 2008, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 22 February - 18 May 2008, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 6 June - 31 August 2008, no. 46, illustrated

Literature

Paul Haefliger, 'Sober Note In Paintings', The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 1 December 1948, p. 5
Harry Tatlock Miller, 'Important Christmas Art Show', The Sun, Sydney, 2 December 1948, p. 13
'Botany and Art: Pareroultja; Assorted Painters', The Bulletin, Sydney, 8 December 1948, p. 24
Jane Clark, Sidney Nolan: Landscape and Legends, International Cultural Corporation of Australia Limited, Sydney, 1987, p. 97 (illustrated)
Barry Pearce, Australian Artists, Australian Birds, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1989, p. 110 (illustrated)
T.G. Rosenthal, Sidney Nolan, Thames & Hudson, London, 2002, p. 135 (illustrated)
Patrick McCaughey (ed.), Bert & Ned: The Correspondence of Albert Tucker and Sidney Nolan, The Meigunyah Press, Melbourne, 2006, p. 86 (illustrated)
Barry Pearce, Sidney Nolan, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2007, pp. 137 (illustrated), 233