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Title

The lady of the forest

(1993)

Artist

Arthur Boyd

Australia, England

24 Jul 1920 – 24 Apr 1999

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  • Details

    Date
    (1993)
    Media category
    Print
    Materials used
    aquatint; black ink on white BFK Rives paper
    Edition
    artist's proof, 1st state
    Dimensions
    39.3 x 59.5 cm platemark; 57.3 x 75.8 cm sheet
    Signature & date

    Not signed. Not dated.

    Credit
    Anonymous gift 1994
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    272.1994
    Copyright
    © Reproduced with permission of Bundanon Trust

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    Arthur Boyd

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    Works in the collection

    402

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  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 2 exhibitions

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 2 publications

    • Christopher Brennan, Poems (1913), Sydney, 1992, 76. NOTE: Refer to Part V of 'The quest of silence': "The Lady of the Forest was a tale:/ of the white unicorns that round her sleep/ gamboll'd, no turf retains a print; and man...".

    • Barry Pearce, Janet McKenzie and Hendrik Kolenberg, Arthur Boyd: 30 paintings 1985-1994, 23 etchings 1993, Collingwood, 1994, 42 (illus.). image I; cat.no. 31

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