Arthur Boyd (1920-1999) The Butterfly Hunter 1969
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Arthur Boyd (1920-1999)
The Butterfly Hunter 1969
signed 'arthur Boyd' lower right
oil on canvas
160.0 x 182.5cm (63 x 71 7/8in).
Estimate:
AU$ 70,000 - 90,000
£45,000 - 58,000
US$ 68,000 - 87,000

Footnotes

  • PROVENANCE
    Boyd Family Collection, England
    Savill Galleries, Sydney (label attached verso)
    Australian, International & Contemporary Art, Christies, Sydney, 26 August 2003, lot 33
    Private collection
    Sydney June Fine Art Auction, Deutscher~Menzies, Sydney, 16 June 2004, lot 149
    Private collection, Melbourne

    EXHIBITED
    Arthur Boyd, The Spirit of Australia, Savill Galleries, Sydney, 17 October - 16 November 1996, no. 21 (illus.)

    RELATED WORK
    Butterfly Hunter, 1943, oil on canvas on board, 63.0 x 74.6 cm, Collection of the Australian National Gallery, Canberra

Category: Fine Art / Australian Art

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