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Details
- Date
- (1947)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- Ripolin enamel on hardboard
- Dimensions
- 91.5 x 122.0 cm board; 102.0 x 132.2 x 2.0 cm frame
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased with funds provided by the Nelson Meers Foundation 2004
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 1.2004
- Copyright
- © The Trustees of the Sidney Nolan Trust/DACS. Copyright Agency
- Artist information
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Sidney Nolan
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About
'Robbed' was created at a key moment in Sidney Nolan's early career. Dating from the artist's important 1946-47 Ned Kelly series, it is one of several paintings that were edited out of the final core of works chosen to represent the Kelly narrative.
Painted when a more lyrical mood had evolved in the series, 'Robbed' is bathed in a soft light, evoking a dreamlike quality - a portent of perhaps of impending violence. The naked figures may be humiliated police, stripped of their uniforms and their horses stolen - possibly the two whom the Kelly gang ambushed at Jerilderie. Alternatively, 'Robbed' may be loosely based on earlier incidents in Kelly's career and intended for the beginning of the series, to portray the germination of the bushranger's notoriety.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 9 exhibitions
Easter 1948, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 17 Mar 1948–05 Apr 1948
Sidney Nolan (1957), Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, Jun 1957–Jul 1957
Nolan (1961), Hatton Gallery, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, 24 Mar 1961–06 May 1961
Nolan (1961), Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, 13 May 1961–03 Jun 1961
Nolan (1961), Temple Newsam House, England, 10 Jun 1961–01 Jul 1961
Nolan (1961), Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, 08 Jul 1961–29 Jul 1961
Nolan (1961), City Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol, Bristol, 05 Aug 1961–26 Aug 1961
Nolan (1961), Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 02 Sep 1961–23 Sep 1961
Nolan (1961), Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 30 Sep 1961–28 Oct 1961
Nolan (1961), Wakefield Art Gallery, Wakefield, 04 Nov 1961–28 Nov 1961
Sidney Nolan retrospective exhibition. Paintings from 1937 to 1967, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Sep 1967–29 Oct 1967
Sidney Nolan retrospective exhibition. Paintings from 1937 to 1967, National Gallery of Victoria [Swanston Street], Melbourne, 22 Nov 1967–17 Dec 1967
Sidney Nolan retrospective exhibition. Paintings from 1937 to 1967, Western Australian Art Gallery, Perth, 09 Jan 1968–04 Feb 1968
Sidney Nolan: retrospective exhibition (1970), Arts Centre New Metropole, Folkestone, 21 Feb 1970–18 Apr 1970
Sidney Nolan: retrospective exhibition (1970), Haworth Art Gallery, Accrington, 30 May 1970–21 Jun 1970
Sidney Nolan: retrospective exhibition (1970), Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle- Upon-Tyne, England, 04 Jul 1970–26 Jul 1970
Sidney Nolan: retrospective exhibition (1970), Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, 08 Sep 1970–27 Sep 1970
Sidney Nolan: retrospective exhibition (1970), University of East Anglia Library, Norwich, 11 Oct 1970–31 Oct 1970
Sidney Nolan: Gemälde und Druckgraphik (1971), Kunsthalle Darmstadt, , 15 May 1971–27 Jun 1971
Sidney Nolan: retrospective exhibition (1973), Royal Dublin Society, Dublin, 19 Jun 1973–05 Jul 1973
Sidney Nolan (1976), Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Jan 1976–Mar 1976
Sidney Nolan (2007-2008), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 03 Nov 2007–03 Feb 2008
Sidney Nolan (2007-2008), Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne, 22 Feb 2008–18 May 2008
Sidney Nolan (2007-2008), Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, 06 Jun 2008–31 Aug 2008
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Bibliography
Referenced in 36 publications
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Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales Annual Report 2004, Sydney, 2004, 19 (colour illus.).
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Christie's London, Topographical pictures, London, 1995, 142 (illus.), 143. lot no. 152, 'Robbed', 1947, ripolin enamel on board, sold by order of The Trustees of S.C. Mason, deceased
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Kenneth Clark, Sidney Nolan: retrospective exhibition, 'Introduction', pg. 5-7, Dublin, 1973, 15. cat.no. 20, 'Robbed', 1947, ripolin, 36 x 47½in/ 91 x 121cm
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Sir Kenneth Clark and Artur Lundkvist, Sidney Nolan, 'Introduktion' av Kenneth Clark, pg. 6-7, Stockholm, 1976. cat.no. 18, 'Robbed', 1947, Rånade, 91 x 122, Tillhör Mrs C Nolan
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Sir Kenneth Clark, Sidney Nolan, Folkestone, 1970. cat.no. 17; titled 'Robbed', 1947, 36" x 48", ripolin, Private collection
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Michael Gawenda (Editor in Chief), Age, 'AGNSW's new Nolan room', pg. 6, Melbourne, 22 Dec 2004, 6.
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Our Art Critic [Paul Haefliger], Sydney Morning Herald, 'Events in Art: 1948 Review', Sydney, 01 Jan 1949, (illus.).
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Our Art Critic [Paul Haefliger]., The Sydney Morning Herald, 'Imaginative art at Easter show', Sydney, 17 Mar 1948. NOTE: Review of Easter group exhibition at Macquarie Galleries held in March/April 1948.
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Peter Hill, The Sydney Morning Herald, 'Mix 'n' match', pg. 18, Sydney, 15 Jan 2005-16 Jan 2005, 18 (colour illus.). Spectrum supplement of Saturday's edition.
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Ava Hubble, The Sydney Morning Herald, 'Box Office' edited, pg. 14, Sydney, 17 Jul 1995, 14. 'On the Rialto'.
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Terry Ingram, The Weekend Australian financial review, 'Nolan emerges from Kelly's shadow', pg. 40, Sydney, 22 Jan 2005-23 Jan 2005, 40.
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Nicholas Isherwood, Nolan's Nolans: a reputation reassessed, London, 1997. cat.no. 30 is an earlier (1946), smaller version of the AGNSW painting
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Bernd Krimmel, Sidney Nolan: Gemälde und Druckgraphik, 'Zu Bildern Sidney Nolans - such is life', pg. 5-24, Darmstadt, 1971, 34. cat.no. 12, 'Robbed', 1947, 91 x 121cm, Ripolin
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Colin MacInnes', Sidney Nolan, 'Sidney Nolan: The search for an Australian Myth', pg. 9-17, London, 1957, 18. cat.no. 2, 'Robbed', 1947, ripolin on masonite, 36 x 48", Lent by the artist
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Macquarie Galleries, Easter 1948, Sydney, 1948. cat.no. 15; titled 'Robbed'; priced 40 guineas
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David Marr (Editor), Patrick White: letters, Milsons Point, 1994, 138. Letter from Patrick White to Sidney Nolan, dated 7/6/1958, mentioning the painting 'Robbed'.
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Alistair McAlpine, The Sydney Morning Herald, 'A rare chance for a patriotic tycoon to make his mark', pg. 14, Sydney, 20 Jun 1995, 14 (illus.).
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Alistair McAlpine, The Spectator, 'The heart that counts', pg. 50, London, 10 Jun 1995, 50.
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Tatlock Miller., Sun, 'Art show is vital, animated', Sydney, 17 Mar 1948. NOTE: Review of Easter group exhibition at Macquarie Galleries held in March/April 1948.
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Hal Missingham., Sidney Nolan. Retrospective exhibition. Paintings from 1937 to 1967, 'Introduction', Sydney, 1967. cat.no. 35, 'Robbed', 1947, 36 x 48, ripolin on board
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Giucio Montagna (Editor), La Fiamma, 'Sydney [sic] Nolan at the Art Gallery of NSW', pg. 18, Leichhardt, 22 Dec 2004, 18.
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Clare Morgan., The Sydney Morning Herald, 'Gallery sells off the family silver and strikes gold', Sydney, 21 Dec 2004.
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Terence Mullaly., Daily Telegraph, 'Early work of Sidney Nolan: painter's progress to maturity', Sydney, 19 May 1962. page number unknown
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Barry Pearce, Sidney Nolan, 'Nolan's Parallel Universe', pg. 17-65, Sydney, 2007, 132 (colour illus.), 233. cat.no. 42
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Barry Pearce., Foundation Newsletter #4, 'The legacy of vision: Nolan and the Nelson Meers Foundation', Sydney, Jun 2004, front page (colour illus.).
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Krystyna Pollar., The Australian, 'Nolan the nation's "greatest painter''', Sydney, 19 Dec 2004. This article also appeared in Melbourne's 'Herald Sun' and 'Daily telegraph', Adelaide's 'Advertiser' and Brisbane's 'Courier mail', on 19 December 2004.
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John Reed, Art and Australia [vol. 5, no. 2], 'Nolan's Kelly paintings', pg. 443-446, Sydney, Sep 1967, 451. Related work, smaller in scale, is illustrated in colour.
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John Russell., Nolan, 'Sidney Nolan', Newcastle upon Tyne, 1961, (illus.). cat.no. 36
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Andrew Sayers, The Ned Kelly Paintings: Nolan at Heide 1946-47, Melbourne, 1997, 44 (colour illus.). figure no. 21; Private Collection, London (not in exhibition)
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Sebastian Smee'., The Australian, 'Gallery makes room for foundation's gift of Nolans', Sydney, 21 Dec 2004.
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Sotheby's Australia, The collection of Sir David Davies: Australian art 1940s to 1980s, Melbourne, 5 May 2003, Melbourne, 2003, 58, 59 (colour illus.). lot no. 48, 'Robbed', ripolin enamel on composition board, inscribed with title and dated 1947 on the reverse; inscribed 'Cynthia Nolan' on the reverse, 90 by 121 cm, Estimate: $350,000 - $550,000
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Jill Sykes, Look, 'Nolan's Australia', pg. 28-31, Sydney, Oct 2004, 30 (colour illus.), 31.
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Jill Sykes (Editor), Look, 'Doing justice to Nolan', pg. 8, Sydney, Mar 2005, 8.
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Unknown (Editor), Sun-Herald, Sydney, 05 Nov 1997, 17.
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Nolan: Everyone feels they know Nolan, but that is far from the truth, East Melbourne, 2018. DVD documentary
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Unknown (Editor), Sun-Herald, 'Art treasures for NSW', pg. 17, Sydney, 05 Nov 1995, 17.
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