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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

DAVID BOYD
1924-2011

Wills Alone 1958

$70,000–90,000

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© David Boyd/Copyright Agency, 2024

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

DAVID BOYD

1924-2011
Wills Alone 1958

oil on composition board
signed and dated 'David Boyd. 1958' lower left; dated and inscribed 'WILLS / ALONE / MELBOURNE / 1958' verso
122 x 152 cm

  • Lot Sold $70,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $85,909 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

David Boyd, Melbourne
Private Collection, Melbourne, by descent from the above

Exhibited

Exhibition by David Boyd, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, October 1958, no. 5, 165 gns
David Boyd, Terry Clune Galleries, Sydney, 1958
David Boyd, City Art Gallery, Newcastle, 1959
Exhibition of Oil Paintings by David Boyd, Royal South Australian Society of Arts, Adelaide, 23 May - 3 June 1960, no. 6, 120 gns
Paintings by David Boyd, The Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane, 8-24 August 1961, no. 3, 165 gns
David Boyd: A Retrospective Exhibition 1957-1978, Albert Hall, Canberra, 2-19 February 1979, no. 2

Literature

Nancy Benko, The Art of David Boyd, Lidmus, Adelaide, 1973, pp. 34, 38

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