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

Convict and Mrs Fraser

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Sir Sidney Robert Nolan, O.M., R.A. (1917-1992)
Convict and Mrs Fraser
signed ‘nolan’ (lower left) and signed with initial ‘n’ (centre left), further signed, inscribed and dated '... / for notes / on further paintings / No 9 / Figures. / nolan / Oct. 1958. / New York' on the reverse
mixed media on paper
9 ¾ x 11 ¾in. (24.8 x 29.9cm.)

Provenance

Private collection, England.

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Lot Essay

Nolan first encountered the story of Mrs Fraser and the escaped convict, David Bracefell, in 1947, producing a body of work around this narrative. He revisited the subject in England in 1957, and again in America the following year when he moved to New York on a two year Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellowship.

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