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• Auction House:
  Smith & Singer
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  23 Aug 2023 ~ 6.30pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  66
• Lot Description:
  Arthur Boyd
  (1920-1999)
  The Temptation of St. Anthony (1951)
  earthenware
  76.5 x 112 cm
  signed 'Arthur Boyd' lower right
  EXHIBITED: "Paintings by Artists Living in Melbourne", Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne, 10-19 February 1953, no. 8, 'Temptation of St. Anthony', 35 gns; "Seventeenth Annual Interstate Exhibition", Contemporary Art Society, Department of Education Galleries, Sydney, 20 October - 4 November 1955, no. 109, 50 gns; "Arthur Boyd Retrospective Exhibition", Whitechapel Gallery, London, June - July 1962, no. 167, 'Temptation of St. Anthony'; "David Boyd: His Work, His Life, His Family", S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 17 August - 23 September 2012
• Provenance:
  Arthur Boyd, Melbourne; David Boyd, London, acquired from the above; Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
• References:
  Brian O'Shaughnessy and Bryan Robertson, "Arthur Boyd Retrospective Exhibition", Whitechapel Gallery, London, 1962, plate XV, n.p. (illustrated), p. 31; Franz Philipp, "Arthur Boyd", Thames and Hudson, London, 1967, cat. no. 6:60, 'Temptation of St Anthony', pp. 69 (illustrated), 70, 251;
• Estimate:
  A$45,000 - 65,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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