Death of a Horse 1981

ARTHUR BOYD (1920-1999)

Death of a Horse 1981

oil on canvas
183.0 x 175.0 cm
signed and dated lower right: Arthur Boyd 81

Provenance:
Australian Galleries, Melbourne (as Rock Face Shoalhaven River and River, Flame Trees and Skull)
Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney (label attached verso, stock number 5452)
Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney (label attached verso)
Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:
Arthur Boyd, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 21 September – 3 October 1981, cat.28 (as Rock Face Shoalhaven River)
Hong Kong Art Centre, organised by Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney, 8 - 21 March 1983
Rivers + Rocks, Bundanon Trust travelling exhibition, Brett Whiteley Studio, NSW, 20 October - 27 January 2002; Orange Regional Gallery, NSW, 8 February - 10 March 2002; New England Regional Art Museum, NSW, 15 March - 21 April 2002; Noosa Regional Gallery, QLD, 10 May - 9 June 2002; Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, QLD, 21 June - 21 July 2002; Penrith Regional Gallery & the Lewers Bequest, NSW, 3 August - 8 September 2002; Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC, 25 September-27 October 2001; Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, VIC, 1 November - 1 December 2002 (label attached verso)

Reference:
McGrath, S., The Artist & the River, Bay Books, Sydney, 1982, pp.240- 43, (illus.)
Wilson, G., Rivers and Rocks, Arthur Boyd and Brett Whiteley, Bundanon Trust, NSW, 2001, p.57 (illus.)

Related Works:
Flame Trees, Horse’s Skull, Black River, 1983, oil on canvas, 200.0 x 245.5 cm, illus. in Arthur Boyd Art & Life, Thames & Hudson, London, 2000, cover and p.177
Horse Skull under a Blanket and a Starry Sky, 1981, oil on canvas, 183 x 173 cm, illus. in McKenzie, J., Arthur Boyd Art & Life, Thames and Hudson, London, 2000, p.176

Estimate: $220000 - 300000

Result Hammer: $180000