Sir Sidney Nolan, United Kingdom, until 1992
Lady Nolan, United Kingdom, until 2016
The Estate of Lady Nolan, United Kingdom

Commissioned by Delmore Gallery, Alice Springs, Northern Territory;

Private collection, Sydney

Kngwarreye is a highly celebrated artist and one of the most renowned Aboriginal female painters of the 20th century. Her contribution to Australia’s cultural heritage was recognised in 1992, the year after this work was painted, when she was awarded an Australian Artists Creative Fellowship.

Susan Rothwell is a renowned Australian architect and contemporary painter who resides in Sydney. In Flowers with sailing boats in window, the artist has skilfully built up the paint layers over a terracotta primed canvas. Both her exceptional gifts as a colourist and abiding fascination with Australian subject matter are evident in these joyous, atmospheric images.