Skip to content

Collection

An image of (Illustration for Peter Porter's poem 'From the autobiography of Narcissus') by Arthur Boyd

Arthur Boyd

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

Title
(Illustration for Peter Porter's poem 'From the autobiography of Narcissus')
Other titles:
The autobiography of Narcissus
II The orchid on the rock
Year
(1983-1984)
Media category
Print
Materials used
etching, aquatint on paper
Edition
artist's proof as in edition of 25
Dimensions

59.5 x 42.6cm platemark; 79.2 x 59.4cm sheet

Signature & date
Not signed. not dated.
Credit
Anonymous gift 1993
Accession number
384.1993.11
Copyright
© Reproduced with permission of Bundanon Trust
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (4)

Darleen Bungey, Arthur Boyd: A life, Sydney, 2007, 510, 513-515. NOTE: General reference on Narcissus series.

Barry Pearce, Arthur Boyd retrospective, Sydney, 1993, 156. cat.no. 185

Peter Porter, Narcissus, London, 1984, 23 (illus.).

Gavin Wilson, Rivers + Rocks : select works of Arthur Boyd & Brett Whiteley, ‘Rivers + Rocks’, pg. 9-60, New South Wales, 2001, 20, 22 (colour illus.), 32. NOTE: Collection of Bundanon Trust; Titled 'II The orchid on the rock'