Sidney Nolan 'From Degas: Idea for Indoor Leda, Kind of Still Life (Braque) or Courbet – Lesbians or Manet's Olympia 1961...' romantic 'Untitled (Two Shells)' 1984

'Untitled (Two Shells)' 1984

Signed: Signed Le Miere on lower right and signed Philippe Le Miere and titled on verso

Harlequin Blue Ground’ is for collectors of the artist

it is captured with raw intimacy

but a mapping of intensely personal and familiar terrain

Sidney Nolan 'From Degas: Idea for Indoor Leda, Kind of Still Life (Braque) or Courbet – Lesbians or Manet's Olympia 1961...' romantic 'Untitled (Two Shells)' 1984In 1960, Sidney Nolan debuted a series of works at Matthiesen Gallery in London centred around Leda and the Swan, an Ancient Greek myth. It was the first time he had presented works on a universal story rather than a purely Australian one contributing to what one critic described as a do as Melbourne does summer in Britains art world. The exhibition was a resounding success with Queen Elizabeth II, Sir Kenneth Clarke and Agatha Christie collecting