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[Soldier with medals]
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Maker: Nolan, Sidney
Gallipoli soldier wearing slouch hat and medals. Nolan was very interested in Australian archetypes and faces and he wanted to show that these bushmen and city lads had been isolated at Gallipoli with...ART91402
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Study for Anzac swimmer
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Maker: Nolan, Sidney
Figure of a naked Gallipoli soldier, study for 'Gallipoli swimmer'. This work was presented in memory of the artist's brother Raymond who was drowned in 1945 on returning from military service at the ...ART91258
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[study for "The myth rider"]
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Maker: Nolan, Sidney
Gallipoli light horseman mounted on a horse swimming in the sea. The bodies of the horse and rider have been created by Nolan smudging with his finger the background paint layers. Nolan viewed many ph...ART91278
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Swimmer
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Maker: Nolan, Sidney
Gallipoli swimmer drawn in orange crayon amidst blue of the sea, oval shapes of green, blue and purple surround the swimmer. Whilst creating the 'Gallipoli Series', Nolan studied photographs in 'The A...ART91211
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Swimmer
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Maker: Nolan, Sidney
Gallipoli swimmer. This work was presented by Sidney Nolan, along with 251 other Nolan's from the 'Gallipoli' series, in memory of the artist's brother Raymond who drowned in 1945 on his return from...ART91249
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Swimmers at Gallipoli
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Maker: Nolan, Sidney
Three Gallipoli soldiers swimming in bright blue sea. This image embodies what must have been moments of joy and release for the Australian soldiers at Gallipoli, moments that would not have happened ...ART91287
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The horse and the rider, Gallipoli
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Maker: Nolan, Sidney
Gallipoli landscape with horse and rider mounted on the horses neck. The soldier and horse have been drawn using black crayon and textile rubbing technique. The work refers to links between Anzac's an...ART91241
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[The sea at Gallipoli with floating figures]
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Maker: Nolan, Sidney
The sea at Gallipoli with floating figures.ART91225
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[Three figures in shell-burst]
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Maker: Nolan, Sidney
Three naked Gallipoli figures amidst explosion. Nolan stated (interview 13 April 1978) that this work and those related to it were done at the time he was working on the decor of Stravinsky's "Rite of...ART91360
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[Three Gallipoli figures]
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Maker: Nolan, Sidney
Three naked Gallipoli figures with hands behind their backs. The middle figure comprises only a torso and head. There are various instructions and measurements on the verso indicating its use as an il...ART91247
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Torso
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Maker: Nolan, Sidney
Male torso. Nolan stated that the limbless figures in the 'Gallipoli' series derive from antique statues which he saw in a museum in Delphi or Athens (from interview 13 April 1978). As a child Nolan s...ART91219
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[Two Gallipoli figures in battle]
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Maker: Nolan, Sidney
Two naked Gallipoli figures in combat; the sea in background. The artist stated (interview 13 April 1978) that these figures partly represented classical figures wrestling giants, e.g. Hercules and An...ART91327
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[Two Gallipoli figures in shell-burst]
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Maker: Nolan, Sidney
Two naked Gallipoli figures amidst explosion; the sea in background.ART91348
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[Two Gallipoli soldiers in battle]
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Maker: Nolan, Sidney
Two naked Gallipoli soldiers in combat with orange, blue and yellow streaks in background. The soldiers wrestling relates to classical images from Ancient Greece as well as the black figure pottery of...ART91312
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[Two soldiers in Gallipoli landscape]
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Maker: Nolan, Sidney
Two soldiers, one with rifle, in Gallipoli landscape with blue sea and hills.ART91218
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[Two warriors]
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Maker: Nolan, Sidney
Two warriors in combat. Frontal upper body of warrior holding above his head a three-legged body of a dead warrior lying horizontally with his head pointing to the right. The figures are modelled with...ART91257
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[Young soldier]
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Maker: Nolan, Sidney
Head of Gallipoli soldier with bloodshot eyes. The bright colour of the background belie the portrait of the soldier. He appears to be in a state of shell-shock. It is reminiscent of his 'Head of a so...ART91438