ARTHUR BOYD (1920-1999)
Death of a Husband 1958
Estimate: $550000 - 700000
Sold For:
$500000 hammer
Description
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 since 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
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
Reference:
Philipp, F., Arthur Boyd, Thames and Hudson, London, 1967, cat.9.24
Estimate: $550000 - 700000
Result Hammer: $500000