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• Auction House:
  Smith & Singer
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  23 Aug 2023 ~ 6.30pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  67
• Lot Description:
  David Boyd
  (1924-2011)
  Death of Burke (1957)
  oil on composition board
  122 x 172 cm
  signed 'David Boyd' lower right
  EXHIBITED: "Exhibition by David Boyd", Australian Galleries, Melbourne, October 1958, no. 1, 175 gns; "David Boyd", Terry Clune Galleries, Sydney, 1958 David Boyd, City Art Gallery, Newcastle, 1959; "Exhibition of Oil Paintings by David Boyd", Royal South Australian Society of Arts, Adelaide, 23 May - 3 June 1960, no. 1, 180 gns; "Paintings by David Boyd", The Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane, 8-24 August 1961, no. 1, illustrated, 200 gns; "David Boyd: A Retrospective Exhibition", Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, London, 18 April - 11 May 1969; Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, Scotland, 22 May - 7 June 1969, no. 2, illustrated; "David Boyd: Survey Retrospective Exhibition (1957-1992)", Caulfield Arts Complex, Melbourne, 27 May - 10 June 1992, no. 78, illustrated; "David Boyd: A Retrospective of Paintings from Various Series 1957-96 and Selected Recent Works", Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney, 1-24 September 1998, no. 1; "David Boyd: His Work, His Life, His Family", S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 17 August - 23 September 2012
• Provenance:
  David Boyd, Melbourne; Dr and Mrs Andrew Semple, Brisbane, by 1969; David Boyd and Hermia Boyd, Sydney; Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
• References:
  Nancy Benko, "The Art of David Boyd", Lidmus, Adelaide, 1973, pp. 18, 21 (illustrated), 34, 38, 44, 174, 227; Clive Evatt, "David Boyd: A Retrosepctive Exhibition 1957-1978", Albert Hall, Canberra, 1979, n.p. (illustrated); Patricia Dobrez and Peter Herbst, "The Art of the Boyds", Bay Books, Sydney, 1990, plate 141, pp. 133 (illustrated), 227; David Boyd, "David Boyd: Survey Retrospective Exhibition (1957-1992)", Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney, 1992, plate 20, pp. 20 (illustrated), 28;
• Estimate:
  A$90,000 - 120,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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