Sidney Nolan
1917-1992

PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF THE ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, SYDNEY

Sidney Nolan

1917-1992
ANTARCTIC EXPLORER 1964

oil on composition board
signed and dated '10 Sept 1964 / Nolan' lower left
121.9 X 121.9CM

• Lot Sold $80,000 (Hammer Price)
• $97,600 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (1965-2007)
Important Australian Art, Sotheby's, Sydney, 26 November 2007, lot 48, illustrated
Private Collection, Melbourne

Exhibited

Sidney Nolan, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 21 September - 1 October 1965, no. 12, 'Explorer and Pony', (1,500 gns)
Aspects of Australian Painting, Auckland City Art Gallery, October 1966, no. 32, illustrated
Sidney Nolan: Retrospective Exhibition: Paintings from 1937 to 1967, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 September - 29 October 1967, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 22 November - 17 December 1967, Western Australian Art Gallery, Perth, 9 January - 4 February 1968, no. 132
Sidney Nolan: Antarctic Journey, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 29 November 2006 - 25 February 2007, no. 34, illustrated

Literature

Alan McCulloch, 'A Great Documentary Artist', The Herald, Melbourne, 22 September 1965, p. 15, 'Explorer and Pony'
Elwyn Lynn, Current Affairs Bulletin, University of Sydney, Sydney, Vol. 37, No. 1, 22 November 1965, p. 10 (illustrated), 'Explorer and Pony'
'Nolan (without Heroes) in Trouble', The Age, Melbourne, 22 September 1965, p. 5, 'Explorer and Pony'
The Bulletin, Sydney, 23 September 1967, p. 9 (illustrated)
Elwyn Lynn, Sidney Nolan - Australia, Bay Books, Sydney and London, 1979, pp. 136, 137 (illustrated)
Rodney James, Sidney Nolan: Antarctic Journey, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 2006, pp. 41, 75 (illustrated)