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An image of Boy in township by Sidney Nolan

Sidney Nolan

(Australia, England 22 Apr 1917–28 Nov 1992)

Title
Boy in township
Year
1943
Media category
Painting
Materials used
synthetic polymer paint [enamel] on paperboard on hardboard
Dimensions

61.0 x 72.5cm board; 73.5 x 85.5 x 3.8cm frame

Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1962
Accession number
OA24.1962
Copyright
© AGNSW
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (5)

'Positions vacant' by Humphrey McQueen, pg. 21-23., Art Monthly Australia Sep 2000, Sep 2000, 22. review of 'Australian icons' exhibition

Gavin Wilson (Australia) (Author), The artists of Hill End, Sydney, 1995, 23 (colour illus.). plate no. 6

Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Patricia McDonald (Editor), Haruo Arikawa (Japan) (Author), Chikashi Kitazaki (Japan) (Editor), Two hundred years of Australian painting: nature, people and art in the southern continent, Tokyo, 1992, 139 (colour illus.). cat.no. 82

Annabel Davie (Editor), Art Gallery of New South Wales Handbook, Domain, 1988, 29.

Robert Lindsay (Australia, b.1945) (Author), Aspects of Australian Art: Art Gallery of New South Wales travelling art exhibition 1976, Sydney, 1976, colour illus.. cat.no. 55; not paginated

Exhibition history (10)

Acquisitions 1962, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 10 Apr 1963–12 May 1963.

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.

Aspects of Australian art: Art Gallery of New South Wales Travelling Art Exhibition 1976, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1976–1977.

Aspects of Australian Figurative Painting 1942-1962: Dreams, Fears and Desires (The 5th Biennale of Sydney), S.H. Ervin Gallery, 11 Apr 1984–17 Jun 1984.

Two hundred years of Australian painting : Nature, people and art in the southern continent, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 28 Apr 1992–28 Jun 1992.

Two hundred years of Australian painting : Nature, people and art in the southern continent, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 14 Jul 1992–06 Sep 1992.

Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000.

"When I was young...": artists' impressions of childhood, Global Arts Link, 09 Nov 2002–02 Feb 2003.