Sidney Nolan
(Australia, England 22 Apr 1917–28 Nov 1992)
- Title
- Dry jungle
- Year
- 1949
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- Ripolin enamel on hardboard
- Dimensions
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91.8 x 122.2cm board
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated lower c., pencil "Nolan/ 49".
- Credit
- Purchased 1950
- Accession number
- 8400
- Copyright
- © AGNSW
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (21)
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Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Frances Lindsay (Australia, b.1946) (Author), Lou Klepac (Australia; Croatia, b.1936) (Author), Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Author), Sidney Nolan, Sydney, 2007, 143 (colour illus.), 234. cat.no. 52
'Sidney Nolan: Desert & Drought' by Geoffrey Smith, pg. 4-7., gallery: ngv members magazine Jul 2003, Jul 2003. NOTE: General reference. Article on the Nolan Desert & Drought exhibition at NGV.
Geoffrey Smith (Author), Sidney Nolan: desert & drought, Melbourne, 2003, 33 (colour illus.), 146. cat.no. 11
'Light fantastic' by Bruce James, pg. 11., The Sydney Morning Herald 02 Sep 2000, 02 Sep 2000, 11. NOTE: page 11 of Spectrum lift-out.
Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Sydney, 2000.
Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Dead Sun, Domain, 1997. cat.no. 17
Jane Clark (Australia) (Author), Sidney Nolan - landscapes and legends: a retrospective exhibition 1937 - 1987, Sydney, 1987, 109.
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Patrick McCaughey (Northern Ireland; Australia, b.1943) (Author), Twentieth century Australian masterworks from the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Fred Williams Pilbara Series, Tokyo, 1985, 38 (colour illus.). cat.no. 20
Sidney Nolan (Australia; England, b.1917, d.1992) (Illustrator), Elwyn Lynn (Australia, b.1917, d.1997) (Author), Sidney Nolan - Australia, Sydney, 1979, 104, 105 (colour illus.).
'Sidney Nolan' by Hal Missingham, pg. 362-371., Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly Oct 1967, Oct 1967, 366 (illus.).
Hal Missingham (Australia, b.1906, d.1994) (Author), Sidney Nolan. Retrospective exhibition. Paintings from 1937 to 1967, Domain, 1967. cat.no. 50
Sir Kenneth Clark (United Kingdom, b.1903, d.1983) (Author), Bryan Robertson (b.1925) (Author), Colin MacInnes (Australia; England, b.1914, d.1976) (Author), Sidney Nolan, London, 1961, 43-45.
Bryan Robertson (b.1925) (Author), Sidney Nolan, London, 1957, front and back cover (illus.), inside front cover. NOTE: not included in exhibition
Hal Missingham (Australia, b.1906, d.1994) (Author), Contemporary Australian painting, Auckland, 1957, inside front cover (illus.), 13. cat.no. 24; plate no. 2
Bernard Smith (Australia, b.1916, d.2011) (Author), A catalogue of Australian oil paintings in the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1875-1952, Sydney, 1953, 154. cat.no. 494; Provenance: purchased by the Trustees, 30/3/1950, from the exhibition of the artist's work held at David Jones's Art Gallery.
Laurence Thomas (Author), Arts Council of Great Britain, Welsh Committee (Wales) (Compilator), Twelve Australian artists, London, 1953, 14. cat.no. 22; Lent by the National Art Gallery of New South Wales
'Sundry shows: Gallery purchases'., Bulletin 21 Feb 1951, 21 Feb 1951, unknown.
'Art Gallery's ''Reckless" Acquistions' by F.L., The Sydney Morning Herald 15 Feb 1951, 15 Feb 1951, unknown.
'We own many treasures, but few realise it, so'., Sun-Herald 19 Nov 1950, 19 Nov 1950, unknown.
'Landscapes triumph for Aust. artist' by James Gleeson, pg. 19., Sun 31 Mar 1950, 31 Mar 1950, 19.
David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney (Australia, estab. 1928), Sidney Nolan: exhibition of Central Australian landscapes, Sydney, 1950. cat.no.17; nfs; priced 80 guineas [pen and black ink]; NOTE: AGNSW purchased work the day before the exhibition opening - 30.3.1950
- Exhibition history (20)
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Sidney Nolan: exhibition of Central Australian landscapes (1950), David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, 31 Mar 1950–14 Apr 1950.
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1950, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 Feb 1951–22 Apr 1951.
Twelve Australian Artists, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, 05 Sep 1953–26 Sep 1953.
Twelve Australian Artists, City of Bradford Art Gallery, 03 Oct 1953–24 Oct 1953.
Twelve Australian Artists, Derby Art Gallery, 05 Dec 1953–26 Dec 1953.
Twelve Australian Artists, City Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol, 02 Jan 1954–23 Jan 1954.
Twelve Australian Artists, City of Belfast Museum and Art Gallery, 30 Jan 1954–20 Feb 1954.
Esposizione Biennale Internazionale d'Arte Venice, 1954, Australian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, 19 Jun 1954–Oct 1954.
Twelve Australian Artists, New Burlington Galleries, 12 Jul 1954–22 Aug 1954.
Contemporary Australian painting (1957), Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Feb 1957–Mar 1957.
Sidney Nolan retrospective exhibition. Paintings from 1937 to 1967, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 13 Sep 1967–29 Oct 1967.
Sidney Nolan retrospective exhibition. Paintings from 1937 to 1967, National Gallery of Victoria [Swanston Street], 22 Nov 1967–17 Dec 1967.
Sidney Nolan retrospective exhibition. Paintings from 1937 to 1967, Western Australian Art Gallery, 09 Jan 1968–04 Feb 1968.
Twentieth century Australian masterworks from the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Fred Williams Pilbara series from the collection of CRA Limited, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, 04 Oct 1985–06 Nov 1985.
Dead Sun, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 02 Oct 1997–09 Nov 1997.
Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000.
Sidney Nolan: Desert and Drought, Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, 06 Jun 2003–17 Aug 2003.
Sidney Nolan (2007-2008), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 03 Nov 2007–03 Feb 2008.
Sidney Nolan (2007-2008), Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, 22 Feb 2008–18 May 2008.
Sidney Nolan (2007-2008), Queensland Art Gallery, 06 Jun 2008–31 Aug 2008.
