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

Menzies, Melbourne, 20 June 2012, lot 32

Private collection, Melbourne

Menzies, Sydney, 23

September 2014, lot 55

Company collection, Victoria

Exhibited:

Arthur Boyd, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 21 September - 3 October 1981, cat.28 (as Rock Face Shoalhaven River) Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong, in association with 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 and the River, Bay Books, Sydney, 1982, pp.240-243 (illus.) Wilson, G., Rivers + Rocks: Arthur Boyd and Brett Whiteley, Bundanon Trust, Sydney, 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 McKenzie, J., Arthur Boyd: Art & Life, Thames & Hudson, London, 2000, cover & 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 & Hudson, London, 2000, p.176

Estimate: $130000 - 160000

Result Hammer: $100000