Sidney Nolan
(Australia, England 22 Apr 1917–28 Nov 1992)
- Title
- The galaxy
- Alternative title:
- Soldiers shelled while bathing
- Place of origin
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London →
England
- Year
- (1957-1958)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- synthetic polymer paint on canvas on hardboard
- Dimensions
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193.0 x 256.0cm
- Signature & date
- Signed l.l., "N". Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Patrick White 1974
- Accession number
- 57.1974
- Copyright
- © Sidney Nolan Estate
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (5)
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Helen Verity Hewitt (Australia) (Author), Patrick White, painter, manqué: paintings, painters and their influence on his writing, Carlton, 2002, 48, following 80 (illus.), 143. Photograph by Axel Poignant of Patrick White with Sidney Nolan standing before Nolan's painting 'Galaxy', c. 1960s.
'Patrick White: painter manqué' by Helen Hewitt, pg. 61-70., Voices Winter 1997, Winter 1997, 65, 67 (illus.). Illustration shows Patrick White and Sidney Nolan standing in front of the painting, c. 1960s.
David Marr (Australia) (Author), Patrick White: A life by David Marr, Milsons Point, 1991, 445.
Jane Clark (Australia) (Author), Sidney Nolan - landscapes and legends: a retrospective exhibition 1937 - 1987, Sydney, 1987, 124 (illus.).
The Zwemmer Gallery (England) (Author), Transferences, London, 1958, (illus.). cat.no. 4; titled 'Soldiers shelled while bathing'; not dated
- Exhibition history (7)
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Transferences, The Zwemmer Gallery, Jun 1958–Jul 1958.
Sidney Nolan: landscapes and legends a retrospective exhibition 1937 - 1987, National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], 03 Jun 1987–26 Jul 1987.
Sidney Nolan: landscapes and legends a retrospective exhibition 1937 - 1987, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 11 Aug 1987–27 Sep 1987.
Sidney Nolan: landscapes and legends a retrospective exhibition 1937 - 1987, Art Gallery of Western Australia, 21 Oct 1987–29 Nov 1987.
Sidney Nolan: landscapes and legends a retrospective exhibition 1937 - 1987, Art Gallery of South Australia, 15 Dec 1987–31 Jan 1988.
Patrick White: eye of the storm, National Library of Australia, 01 Apr 2012–31 Jul 2012.
Patrick White: eye of the storm, State Library of New South Wales, 20 Aug 2012–28 Oct 2012.
