Sidney Nolan
Girls
LOT 90
Sidney Nolan
Girls
About this Item
signed and numbered 8/70 in pencil in the margin
Notes
Another example from this edition is in the Tate Modern collection.
The Australian artist Sydney Nolan grew up in Melbourne and lived for the first half of his life in Australia before relocating to the United Kingdom in 1951. Nolan is most widely known in his home country for his large series of paintings that depict the life of the bushranger/outlaw Ned Kelly, which have become defining symbols of Australian nationalism. Nolan is better known for his diverse and prolific art practice, which includes expansive outback landscapes, set designs for theatre and ballet, book cover illustrations, photography and site-specific installations such as the monumental murals Paradise Garden (1968–70) and Rainbow Serpent (1970–72).