ARTHUR BOYD
1920-1999
Bride in Hibiscus Bush (1958)
$1,000,000–1,500,000
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE
ARTHUR BOYD
1920-1999
Bride in Hibiscus Bush (1958)
oil and tempera on composition board
signed ‘Arthur Boyd’ lower right
91.2 x 122.2 cm
- Lot Sold $1,450,000 (Hammer Price)
- $1,779,545 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Arthur Boyd, Melbourne
Mrs G. Reid, London, by 1967
Mrs Beryl Reid, London
Thirty Victoria Street, Sydney (label verso)
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above on 26 July 1985
Exhibited
The Helena Rubinstein Travelling Art Scholarship, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 5-17 August 1958, no. 4
Arthur Boyd: The Bride, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne, 8 November – 14 December 1986, no. 11, ‘Bridegroom Waiting for his Bride to Grow Up, 137.2 x 183.0 cm’
On long-term loan to Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, December 2005 – February 2025
Literature
Franz Philipp, Arthur Boyd, Thames and Hudson, London, 1967, cat. no. 9:27, ‘Bride in a Hibiscus Bush’, p. 260, cat. no. 10:76, ‘Bridegroom Waiting for his Bride to Grow Up', p. 265
Geoffrey Smith, ‘Catalogue Raisonné: 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. 38, p. 67
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Geoffrey SmithChairman Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Geoffrey Smith |
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Gary SingerChief Executive Officer & Director Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Gary Singer |
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Jessica VelasquezExecutive Assistant Australian & International Art |
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David MackayManager, Sydney Gallery, Marketing & Media Australian & International Art |