ARTHUR BOYD
1920-1999
Sleeping Bride (1957-1958)
Estimate $1,000,000 – $1,200,000
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE
ARTHUR BOYD
1920-1999
Sleeping Bride (1957-1958)
oil and tempera on canvas on composition board
signed 'Arthur Boyd' lower right
91.5 x 122 cm
- Lot Sold $1,300,000 (Hammer Price)
- $1,586,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Mr John Perceval and Mrs Mary Perceval, London
Private Collection, London
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above on 17 April 1969
Exhibited
Arthur Boyd's Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2 April - 4 May 1970, no. 55 (label verso)
Arthur Boyd: The Bride, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 16-27 October 2002
Arthur Boyd: Brides, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 29 November 2014 - 9 March 2015, no. 19, illustrated
Literature
Geoffrey Smith, 'Catalogue Raisonne: Arthur Boyd's Central Australia Landscapes 1953-1960 and Bride Series 1954-1960', in Kendrah Morgan, Arthur Boyd: Brides, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 2014, cat. no. 19, pp. 44 (illustrated), 63 (illustrated)
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Geoffrey Smith
Fiona Hayward
Brett Ballard