Death of a Husband 1958

Arthur Boyd (1920-1999)

Death of a Husband 1958

oil on composition board
91.5 x 122.5 cm
signed lower right: Arthur Boyd

Provenance:
The artist
Private collection, Melbourne, 1972
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 19 August 1996, lot 160
Savill Galleries, Sydney
Private collection, Sydney
Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, 21 August 2000, lot 10
Private collection, London
Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, 8 September 2004, lot 42
Private collection, Melbourne
Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 6 February 2007, lot 325
Private company collection, Melbourne
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 18 June 2008, lot 27
Private collection, Melbourne
Menzies, Sydney, 24 March 2011, lot 43
Property of a business partnership, Melbourne
Menzies, Sydney, 13 September 2012, lot 38
Corporate collection, Melbourne
Menzies, Melbourne, 20 March 2014, lot 49
Property of an investment partnership

Exhibited:
Exhibition by Arthur Boyd, Allegorical Paintings, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 22 April - 5 May 1958, cat.5
Arthur Boyd: Allegorical Paintings, Royal South Australian Society of Arts, Adelaide, June 1958, cat.5
Arthur Boyd, David Jones Gallery, Sydney, 1 - 13 October 1958, cat.13
Arthur Boyd, The Bride, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne, 8 November - 14 December 1986, cat.13
The Works of Arthur Boyd, Savill Galleries, Sydney, 12 May - 6 June 1998; Melbourne, 1 - 18 July 1998, cat.8 (illus.)
A Tribute to Arthur Boyd, Savill Galleries, Sydney, 6 October - 3 November 1999; Melbourne, 14 - 19 December 1999, cat.10 (illus.)
Arthur Boyd: Brides, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 29 November 2014 - 9 March 2015, cat.30

Reference:
Philipp, F., Arthur Boyd, Thames and Hudson, London, 1967, cat.9:24, pp.146, 259
'The Death of a Husband', Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, September 1996, p.2 (illus.)
Morgan, K., Arthur Boyd: Brides, Heide Mueum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 2014, p.41, cat.30 (illus.)

Estimate: $500000 - 700000

Result Hammer: $500000