ARTHUR BOYD
1920-1999
Bridegroom Waiting for His Bride to Grow Up (1957-1958)
Estimate $150,000 – $250,000
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF THE LATE DR URSULA HOFF AO OBE, MELBOURNE
ARTHUR BOYD
1920-1999
Bridegroom Waiting for His Bride to Grow Up (1957-1958)
oil and tempera on composition board
signed 'Arthur Boyd' lower right
31 x 38 cm
- Lot Sold $220,000 (Hammer Price)
- $268,400 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Dr Ursula Hoff AO OBE, Melbourne
Exhibited
(Probably) Exhibition by Arthur Boyd: Allegorical Paintings, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 22 April - 5 May 1958, no. 19, 'The Watching Bridegroom', 40 gns
Arthur Boyd: The Bride, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne, 8 November - 14 December 1986, no. 12
Arthur Boyd: The Bride, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 15-27 October 2002
Arthur Boyd: Brides, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 29 November 2014 - 9 March 2015, no. 25, illustrated
Literature
Franz Philipp, Arthur Boyd, Thames and Hudson, London, 1967, cat. no. 9:13a, p. 258
Colin Holden, The Outsider: A Portrait of Ursula Hoff, Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne, 2009, pp. 76-77, 192, n.p. (illustrated)
Geoffrey Smith, 'Catalogue Raisonne: 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. 58, p. 64 (illustrated)
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