Flowers

c.1968-1970

Sidney Nolan

Associated Names
Sidney Nolan

Artist, Australian, 1917 - 1992

The image shows multiple crescent and swooping arc shapes overlapping and intersecting to form a dynamic composition. The arrangement is abstract and resembles a flock of birds in flight or petals scattered by the wind. The flowing lines and blend of purples and earth tones suggest movement and textures found in nature.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    Ripolin enamel on kaolin-coated paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 30.4 x 25.3 cm (11 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.177

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2012, 162-163, no. 71 (entry by Julie Blake Shook).

Inscriptions

by artist, lower right in Ripolin enamel: Nolan

Wikidata ID

Q64631346

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