The Capulets 1964

Arthur Boyd (1920-1999)

The Capulets 1964

pastel on paper
46.0 x 61.5 cm

signed lower right: Arthur Boyd

Provenance:

Australian Galleries, Melbourne (label attached verso)

A. Bruce Wenzel, Melbourne

Thence by descent, private collection, Melbourne

Sotheby's, Melbourne, 14 May 2013, lot 24

The Collection of Millie Phillips, Sydney

Thence by descent, private collection, Sydney

Exhibited:

Arthur Boyd, Skinner Galleries, Perth, February 1965, cat.5

Arthur Boyd: Pastels, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 27 July - 13 August 1965, cat.30

Arthur Boyd: Retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 December 1993 - 6 March 1994; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 20 March - 23 May 1994; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 9 June - 21 August 1994; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 22 September - 20 November 1994, cat.E156 (label attached verso)

Reference:

Phillipp, F., Arthur Boyd, Thames & Hudson, London, 1967, pp.128, 270, cat.14.6

Pearce, B., Arthur Boyd, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1993, p.153

Estimate: $15000 - 20000

Result Hammer: $13000