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Lot 100
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ARTHUR BOYD Australian, 1920-1999

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 AUD
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Description

  • Arthur Boyd
  • ELEKTRA
  • Signed lower right and inscribed 'proposed for elektra ("Elecktra")';  bears title and date 1963 on label on the reverse

  • Ink and watercolour on paper

  • 49.5 by 60 cm

Provenance

Purchased from Australian Galleries, Melbourne by the present owner in 1969

Private collection, Canberra

Catalogue Note

This is a design for Robert Helpman's Royal Ballet production of Malcolm Arnold's Elektra, premiered at the Royal Opera House, Convent Garden, in March 1962.