SIDNEY NOLAN
1917-1992

PROPERTY FORMERLY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JOHN D.F. GREEN, LONDON

SIDNEY NOLAN

1917-1992
Ned Kelly: Wounded Bushranger 1955

oil and enamel paint on composition board
signed 'N -' lower centre; dated and inscribed '25 / 1 / 55 / N / (KELLY SERIES) / WOUNDED BUSHRANGER' verso
71 x 91.5 cm

• Lot Sold $1,020,000 (Hammer Price)
• $1,251,818 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Sidney Nolan, London
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Mr John D.F. Green, London, acquired from the above in 1957 for £150.0.0, until
Australian and International Paintings, Christie's Australia, Melbourne, 22 August 2000, lot 145, illustrated
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
Private Collection, acquired from the above

Exhibited

Sidney Nolan, The Redfern Gallery, London, 3-28 May 1955, no. 10, 'Wounded Outlaw', (95 gns)
Sidney Nolan, Durlacher Bros, New York, 27 March - 21 April 1956, no. 8
Sidney Nolan, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, June - July 1957, no. 56
Sidney Nolan: Landscapes and Legends, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 7 March - 8 April 2001, no. 16, illustrated
Masterpieces of Modern Australian Art, Bonhams & Goodman, Melbourne, 29 May - 1 June 2008, no. 15
Sidney Nolan: A Centenary Exhibition: Masterpieces from Private Collections, Smith & Singer (trading as Sotheby's Australia), Sydney, 27 March - 9 April 2017, no. 20, illustrated

Literature

Robert M. Coates, 'The Art Galleries: Antipodes', New Yorker, New York, 7 April 1956, p. 122
Kenneth Clark, Colin MacInnes and Bryan Robertson, Sidney Nolan, Thames and Hudson, London, 1961, plate 60, pp. 110, 121 (illustrated)
Look, Art Gallery Society of New South Wales, Sydney, October 2000, p. 48 (illustrated)
Geoffrey Smith, Sidney Nolan: A Centenary Exhibition: Masterpieces from Private Collections, Smith & Singer (trading as Sotheby's Australia), Sydney, 2017, pp. 44, 45 (illustrated)