Sidney NOLAN

Carcass
1953

Medium

oil and enamel paint on composition board

Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of the National Australia Bank Limited, Honorary Life Benefactor, 1995
© The Estate of Sidney Nolan / Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
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Gallery location: Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium

oil and enamel paint on composition board

Measurements

91.4 × 121.5 cm

Inscription

inscribed in ochre paint NOLAN / 53
inscribed in pencil on reverse DESERT CARCASE 1953

Accession Number

1995.719

Department

Australian Painting

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of the National Australia Bank Limited, Honorary Life Benefactor, 1995
© The Estate of Sidney Nolan / Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation

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Gallery location

Not on display

Subjects (general)

Animals

Subjects (specific)

Australia (nation) carcasses (animal bodies) cattle cows (mammals) deterioration drought enamel paint warping

Movements

Angry Penguins Modernism

Physical description

Shows the contorted form of a dead cow. The dried up carcass, awkward and twisted, with skeins of decaying flesh that in some area appear translucent, almost merges with the earthy background tones, richly painted with ripolin enamel paint.

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Sidney NOLAN

Carcass
1953