Leda and swan
1960

Sidney NOLAN

Medium: polyvinyl acetate on composition board
Measurements: 122.0 × 152.3 cm
Inscription: inscribed (diagonally) (inverted) in black crayon on reverse u.c.: 4th June 1960 / LEDA (ED underlined) / nolan (an underlined) / London (ond underlined)
inscribed (diagonally) (inverted) in black crayon on reverse l.r.: 1960 / LEDA / AND / SWAN (AN underlined)
Accession Number: 2001.558
Department: Australian Painting
Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through the NGV Foundation with the assistance of Geoffrey and Vicki Ainsworth, Member, Rob Gould, Governor, Lisl Singer, Fellow, and Gary Singer, Member, 2001
© The Estate of Sidney Nolan / Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
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Gallery location: Not on display
Subjects (general): Animals Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific): Leda (Greek character) Leda and the Swan (Greco-Roman narrative) seductions swan (genus) Zeus (Greek deity)
Movements: Angry Penguins Modernism
Frame: Reproduction, 2006