Departing from Melbourne (Burke and Wills Expedition)

Details

Sir Sidney Robert Nolan, O.M., R.A. (1917-1992)
Departing from Melbourne (Burke and Wills Expedition)
signed with initial and dated 'N 50 - ' (lower left), inscribed 'BURKE & WILLS EXPEDITION No 3 Departing from Melbourne' on the backing board
reverse painting on glass (ripolin and ink on glass)
20 x 32in. (51 x 82.3cm.)
in the original frame ('the glass paintings ... were shown in slightly convex, broad wooden frames of various woods, including silky oak and maple. Such frames increase the feeling that the scenes were observed, as it were, like vignettes, through a window made, appropriately, by a 'rough carpenter'. They also helped counteract any notion of narrative continuity' (E.Lynn and S.Nolan, Sidney Nolan-Australia, Sydney, 1979 p.98))

Provenance

with The Redfern Gallery, London, from whom purchased by the father of the present owner, 8 January 1951.

Exhibited

London, The Redfern Gallery, Sidney Nolan; Sylvia Gosse; Vera Cunningham; French Paintings, Jan.-Feb. 1951.

Lot Essay

For the related picture (Burke and Wills leaving Melbourne, 1950, enamel and oil on hardboard, 121.9 x 152.4cm., Private collection) see B.Pearce, Sidney Nolan, Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2007, p.151, pl.59

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