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Sidney Nolan : the artist's materials

Title
Sidney Nolan : the artist's materials / Paula Dredge ; with contributions by Anne Carter and Gillian Osmond.
Author
Dredge, Paula
Publication
Los Angeles : The Getty Conservation Institute, [2020]

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Additional Authors
  • Carter, Anne (Conservator)
  • Osmond, Gillian
  • Getty Conservation Institute, issuing body.
Description
vii, 136 pages : color illustrations; 26 cm.
Summary
"The first comprehensive study of Sidney Nolan's methods and techniques and the sixth book in the Artist's Materials series, which explores the unique and unconventional materials used by contemporary artists and the challenges encountered by professionals tasked with conserving their works"--Provided by publisher.
Series Statement
The artist's materials
Uniform Title
Artist's materials.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
St. Kilda Reflections: 1938-1941 -- Artist's oil, boot polish, and blotting paper -- Set design -- Gloss paint -- Nitrocellulose lacquer -- Wartime Wimmera: 1942-1944 -- Drafted -- Diaries and letters -- Dulux -- Wartime supports -- Nolan's Ripolin -- Sheffield exhibitions -- Postwar Kelly: 1945-1947 -- Ripolin -- An anomaly -- Queensland journeys: 1947 (with Anne Carter and Gillian Osmond) -- Painting on Fraser Island -- Nolan's salvaged masonite on Fraser Island -- Mrs. Fraser, 1947 -- Sydney -- Sydney and London success: 1948-1982 -- The Wahroonga Studio -- Driers -- London -- Polyvinyl acetate (PVA) -- Helizarin dyes -- Artist's oil paints and alkyd gel medium -- The last studio: 1983-1992 -- Remnants of Australia -- Ripolin -- Spray cans -- A return to oil -- Observations on condition and conservation -- Appendix 1. Analysis of Nolan's paints in works from 1939 to 1964, with methods of analysis -- Appendix 2. Analysis of a selection of Nolan's materials from the Wahroonga and Rodd studios, with methods of sampling and analysis -- Analysis of a selection of Nolan's Wahroonga studio materials -- Analysis of drying oils and resins in a selection of Nolan's Ripolin paints from the Wahroonga studio -- Analysis of a selection of paints from the Rodd studio -- Appendix 3. Works of art sampled.
Call Number
JQF 20-675
ISBN
  • 9781606065945
  • 1606065947
LCCN
  • 2019015939
  • 16090581
OCLC
1098232654
Author
Dredge, Paula, author.
Title
Sidney Nolan : the artist's materials / Paula Dredge ; with contributions by Anne Carter and Gillian Osmond.
Publisher
Los Angeles : The Getty Conservation Institute, [2020]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
The artist's materials
Artist's materials.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Carter, Anne (Conservator), contributor.
Osmond, Gillian, contributor.
Getty Conservation Institute, issuing body.
Other Standard Identifier
16090581
Research Call Number
JQF 20-675
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