Sidney Nolan
(Australia, England 22 Apr 1917–28 Nov 1992)
- Title
- Ant hills, Australia
- Other titles:
- Anthill
Anthills
Ant hills - Year
- 1950
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- synthetic polymer paint on hardboard
- Dimensions
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91.5 x 122.0cm board; 94.5 x 122.5cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.r., pencil "24-1-50/ Nolan". Signed and dated l.l. verso, crayon ".../ 1950/ Nolan".
- Credit
- Gift of Edron Pty Ltd - 1995 through the auspices of Alistair McAlpine
- Accession number
- 431.1995
- Copyright
- © Sidney Nolan Estate
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (4)
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Maudie Palmer (b.1944) (Editor), Encounters with Australian modern art, South Yarra, 2008, 19 (colour illus.), 20, 22. Related work reproduced: titled 'Anthills', dated 1950, private collection.
Geoffrey Smith (Author), Sidney Nolan: desert & drought, Melbourne, 2003, 48 (colour illus.), 148. cat.no. 26; titled 'Anhill'
'Remote oasis' by Emma Soames., Vogue living Dec 1987-Jan 1988, Dec 1987-Jan 1988, 124 (illus.).
'Central Australian country'., Australian image 1956, 1956, 1 (illus.).
- Exhibition history (11)
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Sidney Nolan: exhibition of Central Australian landscapes (1950), David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, 31 Mar 1950–14 Apr 1950.
Nolan (1961), Hatton Gallery, 24 Mar 1961–06 May 1961.
Nolan (1961), Graves Art Gallery, 13 May 1961–03 Jun 1961.
Nolan (1961), Temple Newsam House, 10 Jun 1961–01 Jul 1961.
Nolan (1961), Ferens Art Gallery, 08 Jul 1961–29 Jul 1961.
Nolan (1961), City Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol, 05 Aug 1961–26 Aug 1961.
Nolan (1961), Walker Art Gallery, 02 Sep 1961–23 Sep 1961.
Nolan (1961), Royal Scottish Academy, 30 Sep 1961–28 Oct 1961.
Nolan (1961), Wakefield Art Gallery, 04 Nov 1961–28 Nov 1961.
The Cynthia Nolan collection of paintings by Sidney Nolan, David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, 07 Jul 1975–26 Jul 1975.
Sidney Nolan: Desert and Drought, Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, 06 Jun 2003–17 Aug 2003.
