Sidney Nolan : the artist's materials / Paula Dredge ; with contributions by Anne Carter and Gillian Osmond.
Published / Created:
Los Angeles : The Getty Conservation Institute, [2020]
Physical Description:
vii, 136 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
St. Kilda Reflections: 1938-1941 -- Artist's oil, boot polish, and blotting paper -- Set design -- Gloss paint -- Nitrocellulose lacquer -- Wartime Wimmera: 1942-1944 -- Drafted -- Diaries and letters -- Dulux -- Wartime supports -- Nolan's Ripolin -- Sheffield exhibitions -- Postwar Kelly: 1945-1947 -- Ripolin -- An anomaly -- Queensland journeys: 1947 (with Anne Carter and Gillian Osmond) -- Painting on Fraser Island -- Nolan's salvaged masonite on Fraser Island -- Mrs. Fraser, 1947 -- Sydney -- Sydney and London success: 1948-1982 -- The Wahroonga Studio -- Driers -- London -- Polyvinyl acetate (PVA) -- Helizarin dyes -- Artist's oil paints and alkyd gel medium -- The last studio: 1983-1992 -- Remnants of Australia -- Ripolin -- Spray cans -- A return to oil -- Observations on condition and conservation -- Appendix 1. Analysis of Nolan's paints in works from 1939 to 1964, with methods of analysis -- Appendix 2. Analysis of a selection of Nolan's materials from the Wahroonga and Rodd studios, with methods of sampling and analysis -- Analysis of a selection of Nolan's Wahroonga studio materials -- Analysis of drying oils and resins in a selection of Nolan's Ripolin paints from the Wahroonga studio -- Analysis of a selection of paints from the Rodd studio -- Appendix 3. Works of art sampled.