Smith & Singer
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ARTHUR BOYD
1920-1999

Eltham Dam (1959)

$550,000–650,000

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© Arthur Boyd/Copyright Agency, 2024

ARTHUR BOYD

1920-1999
Eltham Dam (1959)

oil on canvas on composition board
signed 'Arthur Boyd' lower right
82 x 104 cm
frame: original, Martin Smith, Melbourne

  • Lot Sold $550,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $675,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Arthur Boyd, Melbourne
Guy Boyd, Melbourne, acquired from the above
Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
Important Australian & International Art, Menzies, Sydney, 31 March 2022, lot 28, illustrated
Denis Savill, Sydney, acquired from the above

Exhibited

Arthur Boyd, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 14 April – 23 May 1959, no. 3, 230gns

Literature

Arold Shore, 'Highs and Lows Seen in Current Shows', The Age, Melbourne, 14 April 1959, p. 2
Franz Philipp, Arthur Boyd, Thames and Hudson, London, 1967, cat. no. 8:53, p. 256
Patricia Dobrez and Peter Herbst, The Art of the Boyds, Bay Books, Sydney, 1990, plate 134, pp.127 (illustrated), 226

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Specialists

Geoffrey Smith

Geoffrey Smith

Chairman

Australian & International Art 
Melbourne  |  Sydney 
T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 
T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 
E: Geoffrey Smith

Gary Singer

Chief Executive Officer & Director

Australian & International Art 
Melbourne  |  Sydney 
T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 
T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 
E: Gary Singer
 

Jessica Velasquez

Executive Assistant

Australian & International Art 
Melbourne 
T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 
E: Jessica Velasquez

David Mackay

Manager, Sydney Gallery, Marketing & Media

Australian & International Art
Sydney 
T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 
E: David Mackay

Important Works by Arthur Boyd from The Denis Savill Collection

AU0869A  |  24 Jul 2024  |  Melbourne
6.30 pm


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