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AN ILLUSTRATED POSTCARD FROM SIR SIDNEY NOLAN:
Sir Sidney Robert Nolan, O.M., R.A. (1917-1992)
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inscribed 'Your giant photographs / sit very well in my / ... studio. Many / thanks. / They give / it the scale of a / strange sky. / I wonder if Princess / Margaret would like / to have the enclosed gorilla / to remind her of the / opening night. / I would be delighted / if she would. / Sidney' on the reverse
crayon and watercolour on paper
512 x 338in. (14 x 8.4 cm.)
Provenance
An illustrated missive from the artist to Lord Snowdon.
Literature
D. Butler, ‘Lord Snowdon’s Workroom’, Vogue, 15 April 1971, (unnumbered), illustrated in Lord Snowdon's workroom.
R. Muir, ‘Double Exposure: Lord Snowdon’s Kensington Villa’, World of Interiors, January 2009, p. 147, illustrated in the drawing room.
Snowdon and F. von Hofmannstahl (ed.), Snowdon – A Life In View, New York, 2014, p.173, illustrated in Lord Snowdon's workroom in 1971.
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