Bonhams, Important Early Works from the Estate of Sir Sidney Nolan; Important Australian Art, Melbourne, 20 Aug 2013, No. of Lots: 113

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51 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Drought Animal C.1953

Mixed media on paper, 32.5 x 25 cm 		*** ***
52 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Kelly Swimming the Murray 1954

Ink on paper, signed 'nolan' lower right; signed, dated and inscribed 'Kelly / 27 / XII / 54 / Nolan / Swimming the Murray' verso, 25.5 x 30.5 cm 		*** ***
53 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Bird C.1955

Enamel on board, 50 x 61 cm 		*** ***
54 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Shield and Trojan Warrior with Flag 1955

Ink on paper, dated 10th June 1955 and extended inscription verso (obscured), 30 x 25 cm 		*** ***
55 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Theseus Slaying the Minotaur 1956

Mixed media on paper, signed with initial and dated 'N / 3-2-56' verso, 24 x 18 cm 		*** ***
56 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Lake Hakone (Japan III) 1957

Mixed media on paper, signed 'Nolan -' lower left; inscribed and dated 'Lake Hakone Jan 57 Japan' verso, 30 x 25 cm 		*** ***
57 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Bather 1958

Mixed media on paper, signed and dated '1958 Nolan' lower right; inscribed and dated' Bather 1958 Nolan' verso, 25 x 30 cm 		*** ***
58 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Irises 1962

Mixed media on paper, signed and dated 'Nolan / 1962' lower right; dated '9th June 1962' verso, 61.5 x 51 cm
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59 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Rite of Spring 1962

Mixed media on paper, signed, dated and inscribed 'Rite of Spring / 1962. / Nolan' lower centre, 51 x 62.5 cm 		*** ***
60 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Kelly 1962

Oil on board, signed 'nolan' lower right; signed, dated and inscribed 'Kelly / nolan / 16 Aug / 1962' verso, 91.5 x 122 cm 		*** ***
61 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Buffalo 1963

Oil on paper, signed 'Nolan' lower right, 63 x 52 cm 		*** ***
62 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Bird 1964

Mixed media on paper, signed and dated '18 June 64 / nolan.' lower right, 30 x 25 cm
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63 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Icebound Ship, Antarctica 1964

Oil on board, signed with initial 'N' lower right; signed and dated 'Nolan / April 1964' verso, 121 x 121 cm 		*** ***
64 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Antarctica 1964

Oil on board, signed and dated '10 Sept 1964 / Nolan' lower left, 121 x 121 cm 		*** ***
101 Click here to view image Power, John Joseph Wardell

Abstract Figure

Oil on canvas, signed with pentagon insignia lower right, 64.8 x 39 cm 		*** ***
102 Click here to view image Olsen, John Henry

Salute to Slessors Five Bells 1973

Watercolour, gouache and pastel on paper, signed, dated and inscribed 'Salute to Slessors 5 Bells John Olsen 1973' lower right, 49 x 73.5 cm 		*** ***
103 Click here to view image Namatjira, Albert

South Macdonnell Ranges C.1950

Watercolour and pencil on paper, signed 'Albert Namatjira' lower right; bears artist's name and title verso, 25.5 x 35.5 cm 		*** ***
104 Click here to view image Pugh, Clifton Ernest

Hawkesbury Bird 1962

Oil on board, signed and dated 'Clifton Pugh / 62' lower right, 90 x 121 cm 		*** ***
105 Click here to view image Whisson, Kenneth (Ken) Ronald

Recollections of the Wimmera 1986

Oil on canvas, signed, dated and inscribed 'Ken Whisson / 'Recollections of the Wimmera' / painted: 18/4/86 / 13/5/86 + 9/7/86' verso, 109 x 119 cm 		*** ***
106 Click here to view image Amor, Rick

The Waiter 1996

Oil on canvas, signed and dated 'Rick Amor '96' lower left, 97 x 130 cm 		*** ***
107 Click here to view image Kelly, John

Cows Falling 1994-95

Bronze, oil paint and steel, 35 x 42 x 25 cm (excluding base) 		*** ***
108 Click here to view image Pareroultja, Otto

Untitled (Central Australian Landscape)

Watercolour and pencil on paper, signed 'Otto Pareroultja' lower right, 51 x 71 cm 		*** ***
109 Click here to view image Boyd, Arthur Merric Bloomfield

Wimmera Landscape C.1963

Oil on composition board, signed 'arthur boyd' lower right, 83.5 x 119.5 cm 		*** ***
110 Click here to view image Davidson, Bessie Ellen

Fillette Au Perroquet (Small Girl with a Parrot) 1913 Also Known as 'Sur Le Balcon (on the Balcony)'

Oil on canvas, signed and dated 'Bessie Davidson / 1913' lower right, 92 x 73 cm 		*** ***
111 Click here to view image Tjapaltjarri, Tim Leura

Travelling Honey Ant Dreaming - (Version 7) 1972

Synthetic polymer paint on composition board, 45.5 x 30.5 cm 		*** ***
112 Click here to view image De Maistre, LeRoy Leveson Laurent (Roy)

Pieta (Stations of the Cross XIII) C.1953

Oil on canvas, signed 'R de Maistre' lower left, 80 x 59 cm 		*** ***
113 Click here to view image Tjampitjin, Boxer Milner

Untitled (Warnalwirri, West of Billiluna) 1991

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, bears artist's name, dimensions and Warlayirti Artists catalogue number 430/91 verso, 120 x 60 cm 		*** ***
114 Click here to view image Power, John Joseph Wardell

The Camp

Oil on canvas, 48.6 x 58.4 cm 		*** ***
115 Click here to view image Streeton, Arthur Ernest

Midday Rest

Oil on canvas, signed 'Arthur Streeton' lower left, 77.5 x 64 cm 		*** ***
116 Click here to view image Klippel, Robert Edward

Untitled (Standing Figure) C.1960

Mixed metal, inscribed 'Robert / Klippel / Qld Art / Metal Sculpture' to base, 52 x 22 x 13 cm 		*** ***
117 Click here to view image Rees, Lloyd Frederic

Gerringong Landscape C.1947

Oil on board, signed 'L Rees' lower left, 44 x 62 cm 		*** ***
118 Click here to view image Heysen, Hans

Bunyeroo Valley, Flinders Ranges C.1932

Charcoal, chalk and coloured pencil on paper, 43 x 65 cm 		*** ***
119 Click here to view image Smith, Grace Cossington

The Open Window 1954

Oil on board, signed 'G. Cossington-Smith 54' lower left, 32 x 25 cm 		*** ***
120 Click here to view image Meere, Matthew Charles

Australian Beach Pattern C.1940

Oil on wax on cardboard, 73 x 102.5 cm 		*** ***
121 Click here to view image Mawurndjul, John

Yawk Yawk 1994

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, bears artist's name, language group, location, title, medium and catalogue number 1795 on Maningrida Arts and Culture label and Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi label verso, 166.5 x 50.5 cm 		*** ***
122 Click here to view image Olsen, John Henry

Alex Bortignon's Diary of the 1982 Exploration of the Land Beyond Time

On paper, 30 x 24 cm 		*** ***
123 Click here to view image Minns, Benjamin Edwin

Woman by the Harbour 1916

Watercolour on paper, signed and dated 'B.E. Minns 1910' lower right, 45 x 43 cm 		*** ***
124 Click here to view image Whiteley, Brett

Moreton Bay Fig 1979

Etching; edition 144/200, signed 'Brett Whiteley' lower right; bears edition number '144/200' lower left, 60 x 49.5 cm 		*** ***
125 Click here to view image McKenzie, Queenie Nakarra

Hills of Old Texas 1998

Natural earth pigments on canvas, bears artist's name, dimensions, year, Waringarri Aboriginal Arts and Tineriba Fine Arts on the reverse, 91 x 122 cm 		*** ***
126 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Landscape C.1950

Oil on board, signed with inverted initial 'N.' lower right; signed and inscribed 'nolan / Landscape' verso, 61 x 76 cm 		*** ***
127 Click here to view image Tjapanangka, Tjumpo

Wati Kutjarra 2004

Synthetic polymer paint on linen, bears artist's name, dimensions and Warlayirti Artists catalogue number 218/04 verso, 180 x 150 cm 		*** ***
128 Click here to view image Heysen, Hans

Tall Timber 1919

Watercolour on paper, signed and dated 'Hans Heysen 1919' lower left, 59 x 44 cm 		*** ***
129 Click here to view image Streeton, Arthur Ernest

Between the Lights - Princes Bridge 1888

Oil on canvas, signed and dated 'Arthur Streeton - 1888' lower right, 84 x 155 cm 		*** ***
130 Click here to view image Tjangala, Uta Uta

Untitled (Two Boys' Dreaming - Boys; Hairpiece Dreaming) 1972

Natural earth pigments and synthetic polymer paint on composition board, 45.5 x 45 cm 		*** ***
131 Click here to view image Heysen, Hans

Stralian Landscape 1927

Watercolour on paper, signed and dated 'Hans Heysen 1927' lower left, 32 x 40 cm 		*** ***
132 Click here to view image Boyd, Theodore Penleigh

Hillside Landscape C.1910

Oil on board, signed 'Pen Boyd' lower right, 23 x 30.5 cm 		*** ***
133 Click here to view image Nolan, Sidney Robert

Bottlebrush 1955

Oil on board, signed and dated 'Nolan 55' lower right; signed with initial, dated and inscribed '21 / 3 / 55 Bottlebrush / N' verso, 54.5 x 61 cm 		*** ***
134 Click here to view image Bedford, Paddy Nyunkuny

Mad Gap 2006

Natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on linen, inscribed 'PB' and bears title and Jirrawun Arts catalogue number PB 3-2006-238 verso, 122 x 135 cm 		*** ***
135 Click here to view image Klippel, Robert Edward

Opus 768 1988

Wood and polychrome, 190 x 110 x 80 cm 		*** ***
136 Click here to view image Maguire, Timothy (Tim)

Untitled 20030102 2003

Oil on polyester canvas, signed, dated and inscribed 'Maguire 03 / Untitled 20030102 / 182 X 162cm / Oil on polyester canvas' on verso, 182 x 162 cm 		*** ***
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