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An image of Nude with shark-headed beast by Arthur Boyd

Arthur Boyd

(Australia, England 24 Jul 1920–24 Apr 1999)

Title
Nude with shark-headed beast
Alternative title:
Diana and Actaeon
Year
(1962-1963)
Media category
Print
Materials used
etching, drypoint and aquatint, printed in black ink on white wove paper
Edition
25
Dimensions

40.3 x 30.2cm platemark; 55.0 x 39.6cm sheet

Signature & date
Signed l.r., pencil "Arthur Boyd". Not dated.
Credit
Anonymous gift 1993
Accession number
367.1993
Copyright
© Reproduced with permission of Bundanon Trust
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (5)

Janet McKenzie (Australia) (Author), Arthur Boyd: Art and life, London, 2000, 111, 113 (illus.).

Lisa Bowman (Australia) (Author), Australians on Arthur Boyd, Melbourne, 1998, 31 (illus.).

Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Arthur Boyd retrospective, Sydney, 1993, 154, 179 (illus.). cat.no. 161

Imre von Maltzahn (Author), Arthur Boyd etchings and lithographs, London, 1971, (illus.). cat.no. 13

'Arthur Boyd' by James Mollison, Art and Australia Sep 1965, Sep 1965, 123 (illus.). titled 'Nude with beast'; dated (1953); Collection of National Gallery of Victoria

Exhibition history (4)

Arthur Boyd retrospective (1993-1994), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 Dec 1993–06 Mar 1994.

Arthur Boyd retrospective (1993-1994), National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], 30 Mar 1994–23 May 1994.

Arthur Boyd retrospective (1993-1994), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 09 Jun 1994–21 Aug 1994.

Arthur Boyd retrospective (1993-1994), Art Gallery of Western Australia, 22 Sep 1994–20 Nov 1994.