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• Auction House:
  Smith & Singer
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  23 Aug 2023 ~ 6.30pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  11
• Lot Description:
  Arthur Boyd
  (1920-1999)
  Bride Beside a Pool (1963)
  pastel on paper
  48.1 x 63.3 cm
  signed 'Arthur Boyd' lower right
  PROVENANCE: Arthur Boyd, London; South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne; Harold Mertz, Port Washington, United States of America, acquired from the above; The University of Texas, Austin, United States of America, acquired from the above in 1972; The Harold E Mertz Collection of Australian Art, Christie's Australia, Melbourne, 28 June 2000, lot 1, illustrated; Private Collection, acquired from the above; Savill Galleries, Sydney, acquired from the above (label verso); Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
• References:
  Ross Luck, "The Australian Painters 1964-66: Contemporary Australian Painting from the Mertz Collection", The Griffin Press, Adelaide, 1967, pp. 28, 31 (illustrated); Franz Philipp, "Arthur Boyd", Thames and Hudson, London, 1967, cat. no. 14.40, p. 271
• Notes:
  EXHIBITED: "The Mertz Collection of Contemporary Australian Painting", National Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 10-26 March 1966, no. 9 (label verso);"The Australian Painters 1964-66: Contemporary Australian Painting from the Mertz Collection", Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 10 March - 16 April 1967, no. 3, illustrated;"Australian Paintings: Summer 2004", Savill Galleries, Sydney, 2 March - 3 April 2004, no. 35, illustrated;"Arthur Boyd", Savill Galleries, Sydney, 6 September 2005, no. 13, illustrated
• Estimate:
  A$15,000 - 25,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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