Photo © Deutscher and Hackett — view this lot on Deutscher and Hackett ↗Landscape, 1970
Oil · Board
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Gorilla 1963
Sidney Nolan (Australian, 1917–1992) · 1963
A$39,273 price realized incl. premium
≈ $40,055≈ £25,412≈ €31,529
Hammer A$32,000 · with buyer’s premium A$39,273
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on composition board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed with initial lower right: N; signed with initial, dated and inscribed verso: Dying Gorilla/ 20/1/63/ n
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 122.0 x 152.0 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Important Australian & International Fine Paintings & Sculpture | June 2012 (12JUN)
- Date
- June 20, 2012
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Lot
- 114
- Estimate
- A$35,000 – A$45,000 (≈ $35,697 – $45,896) (≈ £22,647 – £29,118) (≈ €28,099 – €36,127)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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