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PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE KYM BONYTHON COLLECTION, ADELAIDE

ARTHUR BOYD
1920-1999

Figure in a Cornfield (1962)

Estimate $20,000 – $30,000

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

PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE KYM BONYTHON COLLECTION, ADELAIDE

ARTHUR BOYD

1920-1999
Figure in a Cornfield (1962)

earthenware, coloured slips, clear glaze
signed 'Arthur Boyd' lower right
54 x 55 cm

  • Lot Sold $32,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $39,040 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Mr Kym Bonython, Adelaide
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
Australian and European Paintings, Part 1, Christie's, Melbourne, 20 August 1996, lot 45, illustrated
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above

Exhibited

Ceramic Paintings: Arthur Boyd, Zwemmer Gallery, London, 3-30 October 1963, no. 43
Recent Australian and Overseas Acquisitions, Bonython Art Gallery, Adelaide, 8-25 February 1965, no. 10, 'Figure in Cornfield', N.F.S.
Spring Exhibition 1978, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 25 September-9 October 1978, no. 121, illustrated

Literature

Franz Philipp, Arthur Boyd, Thames and Hudson, London, 1967, cat. 12:43, pp. 114, 147, 268, 'Figure (Nude) in a Cornfield'

CONTACT INFORMATION +

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Specialist

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Important Australian & International Art

AU0792  |  25 Nov 2014  |  Sydney
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