SIDNEY NOLAN
1917-1992
Grass Trees (1948)
Estimate $250,000 – $350,000
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF THE LATE MR ALEXANDR SLUTZKIN, SYDNEY
SIDNEY NOLAN
1917-1992
Grass Trees (1948)
enamel paint on composition board
signed and inscribed ‘No. 29 LANDSCAPE SIDNEY NOLAN / 8 WONIORA AVENUE. WAHROONGA. N.S.W.’ verso
122.2 x 91.3 cm
- Lot Sold $250,000 (Hammer Price)
- $305,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney
Mr Alexander Slutzkin, Sydney, acquired 1949
The Estate of the Late Alexander Slutzkin, Sydney
Exhibited
Sidney Nolan: Exhibition of Queensland Outback Paintings, David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, 8-22 March 1949, uncatalogued
Collectors Exhibition, Chatterton Gallery, Sydney, 16 March 1960, no. 10, 'Landscape'
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, 'Blackboys', illustrated (label verso)
Literature
Jane Clark, Sidney Nolan: Landscapes & Legends, International Cultural Corporation of Australia Limited, Sydney, 1987, p. 99 (illustrated), 'Blackboys'
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