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, no.5452)
Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney (label attached verso)
Private collection, Sydney
Menzies, Sydney, 23 June 2011, lot 36
Private collection, Melbourne

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, Sydney, 20 October - 27 January 2002; Orange Regional Gallery, New South Wales, 8 February - 10 March 2002; New England Regional Art Museum, New South Wales, 15 March - 21 April 2002; Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland, 10 May - 9 June 2002; Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Queensland, 21 June - 21 July 2002; Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest, Sydney, 3 August - 8 September 2002; Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 25 September - 27 October 2001; Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria, 1 November - 1 December 2002 (label attached verso)

Reference:
McGrath, S., The Artist & the River, Bay Books, Sydney, 1982, pp.240-243 (illus.)
Wilson, G., Rivers and Rocks: Arthur Boyd and Brett Whiteley, Bundanon Trust, Sydney, 2001, p.57 (illus.)

Related Works:
(c) The Estate of Arthur Boyd. Licensed by VISCOPY Ltd, Australia

Estimate: $130000 - 160000

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, 183.0 x 173.0 cm, illus. in McKenzie, J., Arthur Boyd: Art & Life, Thames and Hudson, London, 2000, p.176|