ARTHUR BOYD
1920-1999
Figure in a Cornfield (1962)
Estimate $20,000 – $30,000
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'
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