SIDNEY NOLAN
1917-1992

PROPERTY FORMERLY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR ELLIOT ALDRIDGE, ADELAIDE

SIDNEY NOLAN

1917-1992
Ethiopia (1963)

oil on composition board
signed 'Nolan -' lower right
151.8 x 121.4 cm

• Lot Sold $27,000 (Hammer Price)
• $32,940 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Bonython Art Gallery, Adelaide
Mr Elliot Aldridge, Adelaide, acquired from the above
Australian Painting, Christie's Australia, Melbourne, 11 March 1971, lot 82
Private Collection, acquired from the above
Mr Barry Taffs, Sydney
Christopher Day Gallery, Sydney, 1983
Savill Galleries, Sydney, (label verso)
Private Collection, acquired from the above in 1989
Australian and International Art, Shapiro Auctioneers, Sydney, 23 August 2016, lot 29
Corporate Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above

Exhibited

Sidney Nolan: An Exhibition of Recent African Paintings, Bonython Art Gallery, Adelaide, 8 March 1964, no. 6
Elliot Aldridge: Collection of Post War Paintings, South Australian School of Art, Adelaide, March 1970, illustrated
Four Australian Modern Masters: Arthur Boyd, Sidney Nolan, Brett Whiteley, Fred Williams, Savill Galleries, Sydney, 11 November – 6 December 1988, no. 23, illustrated

Literature

Michael Shannon, 'The Art Collectors 6: Elliot Aldridge', Art and Australia, Ure Smith, Sydney, December 1967, p. 514 (illustrated)
Gordon Samstag, Elliot Aldridge: Collection of Post War Paintings, South Australian School of Art, Adelaide, 1970, p. 52 (illustrated)
Art and Australia, The Fine Arts Press, Sydney, Vol. 21, No. 2, Summer 1983, p. 149 (illustrated)