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Lot 51

AXEL POIGNANT (1906-1986)
Sidney Nolan, London 1964
silver gelatin print
printed 1983
signed lower left: axel Poignant
titled, dated and inscribed verso
Axel Poignant studio stamp verso
39.5 x 30.5cm (sheet)

Estimate $1,000 - $2,000

Sold for $600


The Estate of Axel Poignant, Melbourne


Axel Poignant: Photographs 1922-1980, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 July - 29 August 1982, cat. no. 97 (another example)
Axel Poignant: Photographs 1922-1980, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 20 September - 24 October 1982, cat. no. 97 (another example)
Axel Poignant: Photographs 1922-1980, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 13 December 1982 - 30 January 1983, cat. no. 97 (another example)
Indigenous Connections: Sidney Nolan's Rite of Spring Photographs by Axel Poignant, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2 November 2007 - 3 February 2008 (another example)
Indigenous Connections: Sidney Nolan's Rite of Spring Photographs by Axel Poignant, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, 16 June - 31 August 2008 (another example)



Newton, G., Capon, E., Missingham, H., Axel Poignant: Photographs 1922-1980, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1982, p. 40, cat. no. 97 (another example)
Wilson, N., Indigenous Connections: Sidney Nolan's Rite of Spring Photographs by Axel Poignant, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2007, p. 7 (illus., another example)


Another example of this print is held in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra.

Prints and Multiples

AUCTION
Sale: IT098
6:00pm - 3 December 2025
Timed Online Auction (Melbourne)

VIEWING
Fri 28 - Sun 30 Nov, 10am - 4pm
2 Oxley Rd, Hawthorn VIC

CONTACT
Hannah Ryan
hannah.ryan@leonardjoel.com.au


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