Sidney Nolan 'Merman and Woman' the field revisited panting under a sepia toned

panting under a sepia toned sun

‘Broderie’ will delight

lithograph and chine colle on paper

Japanese and Chinese design and his glamorous life in Melbourne society

Condition: very good

Sidney Nolan 'Merman and Woman' the field revisited panting under a sepia tonedDated c. 1963, Sidney Nolans Merman and Woman is an intriguing work. It charts the artists enduring interest in mythology, depicting figures that are reminiscent of a merman and harpy, the half woman half bird creature of Ancient Greece. Therianthropes, these figures merge categories magical, gendered and animal suggesting we are less civilised than we imagine. Merman and Woman can be read as mythical or romantic, an expression of how we merge and