Dan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa (Nolan)

Ɗan ƙwallon ƙafa zane ne na 1946 wanda wani mai zane na ƙasar Australiya Sidney Nolan ya zana. Yana nuna ɗan ƙwallon ƙafa na ƙasar Australiya yana tsaye a gaban taron jama'a a wasan ƙwallon ƙafa. Shekaru da yawa ana ɗaukar hoton a matsayin hoton ɗan ƙwallon ƙafa, duk da haka daga baya Nolan ya bayyana cewa zanen ya dogara ne da Bill Mohr, fitaccen ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na St Kilda a shekarun 1930.

A shekara ta 2002, National Gallery of Victoria ta sayi zanen, kuma ya zama ɗaya daga cikin ayyukan da aka fi shahara a gallery. A cewar ɗan jarida Geoff McClure, ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa "yana da mahimmanci na musamman domin, tare da Drysdale 's The Cricketers, yana wakiltar kusan dukkan ayyukan da suka shafi wasanni da masters ɗinmu suka taɓa yi." 

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An haife shi a unguwar Carlton ta tsakiyar Melbourne a ranar 22 ga Afrilu, 1917, Nolan ya girma a bakin teku St Kilda, babban wurin shakatawa na Melbourne. Yarintarsa ta yi wasa a Luna Park da kewaye da St Kilda Pier da kuma rairayin bakin teku masu kusa, magudanar ruwa da kuma wuraren wanka na teku; tunanin wannan lokacin ya taka rawa mai ban sha'awa a cikin hotunan zane-zanen farko na Nolan, gami da jerin wasannin Bathers wanda ya fara a 1942. Nolan kuma yana da sha'awar wasanni da yawa yayin da yake girma, musamman ninkaya, kekuna, wasan kurket da kuma ƙwallon ƙafa na Australiya. Ya kan yi tafiye-tafiyen ƙarshen mako zuwa filin wasa na St Kilda Cricket Ground don barrack ga ƙungiyarsa, St Kilda Football Club.[1]

A tsakiyar shekarun 1940, lokacin da Nolan ke zana zane-zanen tunawa da St Kilda da jarumai kamar bushranger Ned Kelly, ya yanke shawarar zana Footballer, wani "hoton jarumin wasanni". An zana aikin a ɗakin cin abinci da ke Heide, gidan masu zane-zane John da Sunday Reed a Templestowe, a ranar 24 ga Agusta 1946. A cikin littafinsa, Nolan ya rubuta: "Na gama zane-zanen ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na yau da safe kuma na kira Jim [mai lambu a Heide] don ya duba shi. Ya ce ya yi kama da gaske, kamar kuna wurin, don haka aƙalla ya wuce gaban ƙwararren masani."  Ranar kammala shi ta faɗi ne a tsakiyar jerin ayyukan farko na Nolan guda 27 na Ned Kelly, duk banda ɗaya da aka zana a ɗakin cin abinci na Heide. Tare da shirin Kelly, an fassara ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa a matsayin "hoton kai mai ɓoye" - duka mazan, kamar mai zane, suna tsaye a waje da al'umma a cikin "sararin da ba ya ƙarƙashin ƙa'idodin yau da kullun."  

 Sayen Gidan Tarihi na Ƙasa na Victoria 
Zanen, wanda darajarsa ta kai kimanin dala 500,000 a shekarar 2002, ya kasance cikin jerin abubuwan da National Gallery of Victoria ke nema tsawon shekaru da yawa. Gidan adana kayan tarihin ya sami zanen a shekarar 2002 daga wani mai tattara kayan tarihi mai zaman kansa da ke Ingila, tare da gwamnatin jihar Victoria da Foster's Group suka biya tare da kuɗaɗen.  Firayim Minista Steve Bracks ne ya ba shi kyautar a hukumance a gidan adana kayan tarihin a tashar Channel Nine 's The Footy Show, wanda ya zama zanen farko da aka nuna a sabon ginin Ian Potter Centre, gidan tarin zane-zane na National Gallery of Victoria's Australia.

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