Sidney Nolan

Australian · 1917–1992 · Painter, Printmaker

Sir Sidney Robert Nolan was one of the leading Australian artists of the 20th century. Working in a wide variety of media, his oeuvre is among the most diverse and prolific in… (Wikipedia)

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1,634lots offered2007–2026years recorded91%sold (1,489)$1.8kSign up free to seemedian price

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First-Class Marksman 1946Menzies · Mar 2010A$5,400,000≈ $4,933,494≈ £3,303,753≈ €3,693,841Sign up to see
Ned Kelly and Horse 1955Smith & Singer · Apr 2026A$3,313,636≈ $2,370,509≈ £1,759,974≈ €2,029,545Sign up to see
River-Bank 1964Smith & Singer · May 2016A$1,647,000≈ $1,209,771≈ £837,617≈ €1,063,535Sign up to see

Sidney Nolan’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

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Average price

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median $1.8kfree account

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Lots sold

1,489

of 1,633 offered · 2007–2026

Sell-through

91%

sold ÷ offered

Price trend

Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

Showing 586 of 1,489 priced sales (evenly sampled; every year’s high and low included). Medians use all sales.

1 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Paintings	399	320	80%	$101kSign up	$25.3kSign up	$4.9MSign up
Oil	259	206	80%	$98.4kSign up	$30.8kSign up	$2.4MSign up
Acrylic	72	60	83%	$69.8kSign up	$22.6kSign up	$477kSign up
Mixed media	29	26	90%	$8.6kSign up	$2.5kSign up	$79.6kSign up
Works on paper	1022	978	96%	$2.4kSign up	$1.4kSign up	$46.4kSign up
Watercolor	5	5	100%	$1.1kSign up	$785Sign up	$2.2kSign up
Gouache	1	1	100%	$16.1kSign up	$16.1kSign up	$16.1kSign up
Pastel	8	8	100%	$6.3kSign up	$3.4kSign up	$22.9kSign up
Drawing	218	199	91%	$1.6kSign up	$640Sign up	$42.3kSign up
Prints & multiples	180	166	92%	$3kSign up	$653Sign up	$82.2kSign up
Etching	12	10	83%	$3.2kSign up	$609Sign up	$16.3kSign up
Lithograph	58	52	90%	$846Sign up	$632Sign up	$3.3kSign up
Screenprint	64	62	97%	$2.8kSign up	$1.1kSign up	$72.1kSign up
Print (other)	42	39	93%	$816Sign up	$489Sign up	$5.2kSign up
Multiple	4	3	75%	$69.4kSign up	$68.8kSign up	$82.2kSign up
Photography	2	2	100%	$851Sign up	$851Sign up	$1.3kSign up
Photograph	2	2	100%	$851Sign up	$851Sign up	$1.3kSign up
Sculpture	1	1	100%	$8.2kSign up	$8.2kSign up	$8.2kSign up
Other	29	22	76%	$19.3kSign up	$17.8kSign up	$82.2kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

Year	Offered	Sold	Median
2026	277	274	$508Sign up
2025	27	23	$6.4kSign up
2024	307	296	$1.4kSign up
2023	369	360	$2.1kSign up
2022	73	61	$4.2kSign up
2021	56	54	$4.5kSign up
2020	88	81	$2.8kSign up
2019	66	56	$2.8kSign up
2018	29	18	$24.5kSign up
2017	49	36	$2.2kSign up
2016	52	31	$1.8kSign up
2015	13	12	$707Sign up
2014	50	34	$5.9kSign up
2013	38	29	$2.3kSign up
2012	43	40	$21.3kSign up
2011	34	33	$31kSign up
2010	23	20	$11.3kSign up
2009	38	30	$2.9kSign up
2007	1	1	$316Sign up