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• Auction House:
  Smith & Singer
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  12 Apr 2022 ~ 6.30pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  40
• Lot Description:
  Arthur Boyd
  (1920-1999)
  Nebuchadnezzar Eating Grass with Lion's Head on Fire (1968)
  oil on canvas
  175 x 183 cm
  signed 'Arthur Boyd' lower right
• Provenance:
  Arthur Boyd, London; Australian Galleries, Melbourne; Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1970; Private Collection, Melbourne, by descent from the above; Fine Australian and International Paintings and Sculpture, Menzies, Sydney, 22 March 2012, lot 68, 'Lion's Head on Fire and Nebuchadnezzar Eating Grass', illustrated; Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne; Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2014
• Exhibited:
  Arthur Boyd: Recent Paintings, Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, 21 October - 8 November 1969, no. 1, illustrated; On long-term loan to Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla
• References:
  T.S.R. Boase, Nebuchadnezzar: Arthur Boyd, Thames and Hudson, London, 1972, plate 36, pp. 94, 95 (illustrated), 'Lion's Head on Fire and Nebuchadnezzar Eating Grass'
• Estimate:
  A$120,000 - 160,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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