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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY

Arthur Boyd
1920-1999

SHOALHAVEN RIVER WITH ROSE, BURNING BOOK AND AEROPLANE (1981)

Estimate $60,000 – $80,000

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© The Estate of Arthur Boyd. Licensed by VISCOPY Ltd, Australia

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY

Arthur Boyd

1920-1999
SHOALHAVEN RIVER WITH ROSE, BURNING BOOK AND AEROPLANE (1981)

oil on canvas
signed 'Arthur Boyd' lower right
153 X 122.5CM

  • Lot Sold $73,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $89,060 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Private Collection, Melbourne
Fine Australian Paintings, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 26 November 1990, lot 258, illustrated
Private Collection, Sydney
Fine Australian and International Art, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 29 November 2004, lot 47, illustrated
Private Collection, Sydney

Exhibited

Arthur Boyd, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 21 September - 3 October 1981, no. 25, 'River, Rose, Burning Book and Aeroplane'

Literature

Art and Australia, Sydney, Vol. 19, No. 1, Spring 1981, p. 4 (illustrated), 'River and Rose'
Sandra McGrath, The Artist and the River: Arthur Boyd and the Shoalhaven, Bay Books, Sydney, 1982, pp. 272, 273 (illustrated), 274-275 (illustrated)
Janet McKenzie, Arthur Boyd at Bundanon, Academy Editions, London, 1994, p. 49 (illustrated)

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Important Australian Art

AU0779  |  27 Aug 2013  |  Sydney
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