Sidney Nolan 'Merman and Woman' the field revisited Condition: very good

Condition: very good

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Sidney Nolan 'Merman and Woman' the field revisited Condition: very goodDated 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