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• Auction House:
  Sotheby's Australia
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  08 May 2012 ~ 6.30pm
• Lot #:
  20
• Lot Description:
  Arthur Boyd
  1920-1999
  Dry Creek Bed, Alice Springs (1953-1954)
  oil, tempera and resin on composition board
  91.5 x 122 cm
  signed 'Arthur Boyd' lower left
• Provenance:
  Australian Galleries, Melbourne Mr A. Bruce Wenzel, Melbourne By descent Private Collection, Melbourne
• Exhibited:
  Catalogue of Works in the Galleries, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, November 1956, no. 70, 'Dry Creek Bed, Alice Springs', 175 gns Catalogue of Works, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, December 1956, no. 70, 'Dry Creek Bed, Alice Springs', 175 gns Arthur Boyd Retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 December 1993 - 6 March 1994, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 20 March - 23 May 1994, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 9 June - 21 August 1994, Art Gallery of We
• References:
  Franz Philipp, Arthur Boyd, Thames and Hudson, London, 1967, cat. 5:65, 'Dry Creek Bed near Alice Springs, with Aboriginal Children', pp. 72, 143, 249 Barry Pearce, Arthur Boyd Retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1993, p. 87 (illustrated), 'Dry Creek Bed near Alice Springs with Aboriginal Children' Deana Murray, The Sound of the Sky, Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory in association with Charles Darwin University Press, Darwin, 2006, p. 100 (illustrated), 'Dr
• Estimate:
  A$1,000,000 - 1,200,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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