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30.17 metres(147 ms boxes, 74 albums, 46 map folios, 3 phase boxes, 3 large folio boxes, 1 security binder)
Abstract Or Scope
Painter, illustrator, printmaker and set designer Sir Sidney Nolan OM, AC (1917–1992) is one of Australia's most significant modernist artists. The Papers of Sidney Nolan comprise an accumulation of personal and business records, the bulk of which date from the early 1960's to early 1990's, that document his personal life and artistic career from the late 1940's until after his death in 1992. The papers comprise diaries and notebooks, personal correspondence from family and friends, business correspondence from galleries, museums, universities and publishing houses, financial records including the sale of paintings and art supplies, printed documentation and research notes in relation to his artworks, photographs, press clippings, postcards and catalogues.