Live Auction 7653Modern and Contemporary Australian and South African Art
Sir Sidney Robert Nolan, O.M., R.A. (1917-1992)
Lot 43 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 

Sir Sidney Robert Nolan, O.M., R.A. (1917-1992)

Nine designs for Shark, Snake, Little Snake and others

Closed16 December 2008

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GBP 3,500

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Sir Sidney Robert Nolan, O.M., R.A. (1917-1992)
Nine designs for Shark, Snake, Little Snake and others
five signed 'Nolan' on the reverse, two inscribed 'Shark', two inscribed 'Snake', one inscribed 'Little Snake' on the reverse
oil on paper
unframed
10 x 12in. (25.4 x 30.4cm.) (9)

Specialist note

Nolan's ambitious small panel sequences, known collectively as Oceania, included the 1,336 sheets of Paradise Garden (1968-70), the 1,620 sheets of Snake (1970-72), a smaller 180 sheet version of Snake (Snake II, The Peking Mural, 1973), Shark (1972-73) and its smaller version Shark II (1972-73). The 4,000 images which made up Paradise Garden, Shark and Snake were exhibited alongside Nolan's retrospective exhibition at the Royal Society, Dublin in June-July 1973.