Sidney Nolan 'From Degas: Idea for Indoor Leda, Kind of Still Life (Braque) or Courbet – Lesbians or Manet's Olympia 1961...' romantic Parliament of Australia and Victorian

Parliament of Australia and Victorian College of the Arts

This print was commissioned as a part of Whereabouts: Printmakers Respond

inscribed on reverse: Susanna Ehlert

Edition of 11

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

Sidney Nolan 'From Degas: Idea for Indoor Leda, Kind of Still Life (Braque) or Courbet – Lesbians or Manet's Olympia 1961...' romantic Parliament of Australia and VictorianIn 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