A rare collection of Sidney Nolan’s earliest works are going under the hammer | ElizabethFlux
Before artist Sidney Nolan became well-known for his Ned Kelly works – a series of paintings depicting the famous bushranger as a simplified series of dark squares and rectangles set against colourful backdrops – he was an army deserter living in an artistic paradise of sorts.
It’s an eclectic bunch, ranging from landscapes to prints to abstract. Some were included in his first exhibition, held in a newsagency window in Heidelberg, Melbourne, and none were sold at the time.Alex Clark, Australian and International Art Specialist at Bonhams auction house, highlights how unusual it is for so many works from this period to come up for sale together.
“A lot of people probably know him for his post ’60s works, which is when he became really famous, both nationally and internationally, but not many people are as familiar with his earlier works from the late ’30s, through to the mid ’40s.”
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