Arthur Boyd
(Australia, England 24 Jul 1920–24 Apr 1999)
- Title
- Double figure with shark head and horns
- Other titles:
- Double Figure with Shark Head (From 'Elektra' backdrop)
- Year
- (1962-1963)
- Media category
- Materials used
- etching, aquatint, printed in black ink on white wove paper
- Edition
- 7/25
- Dimensions
-
34.9 x 40.2cm platemark; 39.4 x 50.5cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Signed l.r., pencil "Arthur Boyd". Not dated.
- Credit
- Anonymous gift 1993
- Accession number
- 370.1993
- Copyright
- © Reproduced with permission of Bundanon Trust
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (4)
-
Darleen Bungey (Australia, b.1947) (Author), Arthur Boyd: A life, Sydney, 2007, 344-346. Robert Helpmann's Royal Ballet production of Elektra with set and costume designs by Arthur Boyd.
Janet McKenzie (Australia) (Author), Arthur Boyd: Art and life, London, 2000, 128 (illus.). titled "Double Figure with Shark Head (From 'Elektra' backdrop)"; Image reproduced not from AGNSW collection.
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Arthur Boyd retrospective, Sydney, 1993, 154, 155 (illus.). cat.no. 164
Imre von Maltzahn (Author), Arthur Boyd etchings and lithographs, London, 1971, (illus.). cat.no. 18
- Exhibition history (5)
-
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.
Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000.
