The International Sale

Live Virtual Auction, 22 October 2024

Evening Sale

Sold for

ZAR 397 250
Lot 108
  • Sidney Nolan; Thames
  • Sidney Nolan; Thames
  • Sidney Nolan; Thames


Lot Estimate
ZAR 400 000 - 600 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 397 250
Location
Cape Town

About this Item

Australian 1917-1992
Thames

signed; inscribed with the artist's name and title on a plaque; inscribed with the artist's name, dated 1962, the title, and medium on a Pieter Wenning Gallery label adhered to the reverse; inscribed with the artist's name, the title and medium on an Everard Read gallery label adhered to the reverse; signed, inscribed with the date and the title on the reverse

oil on board
120 by 120cm excluding frame; 137 by 137 by 3,5cm including frame

Provenance

Pieter Wenning Gallery, Johannesburg.

Everard Read, Johannesburg.

Private Collection.

Notes

‘Or perhaps Thames which feels very different, a more romantic exploration of the experience and observation of place that is no less beautiful but less unsettling than the Australian landscapes... Prussian blue and burnt umber scribbled and washed across the canvas …’1

1 Sidney Nolan Trust (no date) The Nolan 100, online, https://www.sidneynolantrust.org/nolan-100/head-19/, accessed 30 September 2024.

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