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Lot 6
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ARTHUR BOYD Australian, 1920-1999

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 AUD
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Description

  • Arthur Boyd
  • FIGURE WITH BEAST
  • Signed lower right
  • Painted and glazed ceramic tile
  • 50.5 by 55 cm
  • Executed in 1962-3

Provenance

Probably collection of Mr Erich Sommer, London

Private collection, U.S.A.

Exhibited

Probably Arthur Boyd, Zwemmer Gallery, London, 1963, cat. 15 as 'Figure with Beast I'

 

Literature

Probably Franz Philipp, Arthur Boyd, Thames & Hudson, London, 1967, cat. 12.15 as 'Figure with Beast V', a variant of the painting Nude with Beast V, cat. 10.69, pl. XXXVIII