Penleigh Boyd
1890-1923

PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF MR AND MRS MAURICE G. SLOMAN, MELBOURNE

Penleigh Boyd

1890-1923
THE POOL BELOW THE FARM 1910

oil on canvas
signed and dated 'Penleigh Boyd / 1910' lower right; frame: original, maker unknown, Melbourne
80 X 131CM

• Lot Sold $180,000 (Hammer Price)
• $219,600 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Mr and Mrs Maurice G. Sloman, Melbourne
Fine Australian and International Paintings, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 2 May 2000, lot 85, 'The Boyd Homestead at Yarra Glen', illustrated
Private Collection, Melbourne
Important Australian Art, Sotheby's, Sydney, 7 May 2007, lot 57, 'The Boyd Homestead at Yarra Glen', illustrated
Private Collection, Victoria

Exhibited

(Probably) Penleigh Boyd, The Guild Hall, Melbourne, 18-29 October 1910 (catalogue untraced)
Penleigh Boyd's Exhibition of Australian Landscapes, Victoria Hall, Adelaide, 23 November - 3 December 1910
Penleigh Boyd 1890-1923, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 11 June - 30 July 2000, (no. 7), 'The Boyd Homestead at Yarra Glen'
Director's Choice 2005, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 16 February - 13 March 2005, Gould Galleries, Sydney, 18 March - 24 April 2005, no. 4, 'The Boyd Homestead at Yarra Glen', illustrated

Literature

'Mr Boyd's Pictures', The Register, Adelaide, 24 November 1910, p. 3
'Private View of Pictures', The Chronicle, Adelaide, 26 November 1910, p. 40
Rodney James and Geoffrey Smith, Penleigh Boyd 1890-1923, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 2000, p. 27, 'The Boyd Homestead at Yarra Glen'