Sidney NOLAN
Carlton, Victoria, Australia 1917 – London, England 1992
- Movements: England and Australia from 1950
not titled [design for drop curtain for Cocteau's 'Orphée']
1948
- for the play produced by Sydney University Dramatic Society
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Decorative Arts and Design, Drawing, gouache; graphite; ink; paper
Technique: drawing in gouache, black pencil, and carbon transfer drawing with collage of magazine illustrations
Primary Insc: Signed and dated on verso upper left, 'Sidney Nolan/ 1949'. Inscribed upper left pencil, ''Orphee'/Curtain'.
Inscribed in reverse as part of work in pencil, 'Orphée hunts Eurydice's lost life'.
image 25.4 h x 30.6 w cm
sheet 25.4 h x 30.6 w cm
Purchased 1986
Accession No: NGA 87.699
Subject: Theatre arts, Australia
Australia, Art style: Surrealism
© Sidney Nolan Trust
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Sidney NOLAN
Carlton, Victoria, Australia 1917 – London, England 1992
- Movements: England and Australia from 1950
not titled [design for drop curtain for Cocteau's 'Orphée']
1948
- for the play produced by Sydney University Dramatic Society
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Decorative Arts and Design, Drawing, gouache; graphite; ink; paper
Technique: drawing in gouache, black pencil, and carbon transfer drawing with collage of magazine illustrations
Support: paper
Primary Insc: Signed and dated on verso upper left, 'Sidney Nolan/ 1949'. Inscribed upper left pencil, ''Orphee'/Curtain'.
Inscribed in reverse as part of work in pencil, 'Orphée hunts Eurydice's lost life'.
Secondary Insc: Inscribed verso upper left in pencil, 'Sydney 1949/SUDS production/Sydney University (Sam Hughes)'.
Inscribed verso lower centre in pencil, 'Cynthia/with love/XX/London Nov 56'.
Tertiary Insc: Inscribed verso upper right in pencil, 'AG 2668'.
image 25.4 h x 30.6 w cm
sheet 25.4 h x 30.6 w cm
Purchased 1986
Accession No: NGA 87.699
Subject: Theatre arts, Australia
Australia, Art style: Surrealism
© Sidney Nolan Trust
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