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Sidney Nolan

1917 – 1992

Portraits
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Self portrait
1988

Sidney Nolan
Sidney Nolan age 71

On display: Gallery Two

Sidney Nolan and Patrick White, Adelaide Arts Festival
c. 1964 (printed 2015)

Robert McFarlane
Sidney Nolan age 47

Sidney Nolan

In their own words

Recorded 1962

Through blue eyes

Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2009

Works by Arthur Boyd and Sidney Nolan bring the desert, the misty seashore and the hot Monaro plains to exhibition Open Air: Portraits in the landscape.