Arthur Boyd
(Australia, England 24 Jul 1920–24 Apr 1999)
- Title
- "Beauty bares her secret breast"
- Year
- (1993)
- Media category
- Materials used
- etching, aquatint; black ink on white Velin Arches
- Edition
- 1/35
- Dimensions
-
59.4 x 39.2cm platemark; 79.6 x 58.0cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Signed l.r., pencil "Arthur Boyd". Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Australian Galleries 1994
- Accession number
- 649.1994
- Copyright
- © Reproduced with permission of Bundanon Trust
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (2)
-
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Janet McKenzie (Australia) (Author), Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Arthur Boyd: 30 paintings 1985-1994, 23 etchings 1993, Collingwood, 1994, 45 (illus.). image IV; cat.no. 34
Christopher Brennan (Author), Poems (1913), Sydney, 1992, 55. NOTE: Refer to Part V of 'The twilight of disquietude': "and Beauty bares her secret breast,/ Hasten, O night with nuptial breath!/ hour remote from any face!"
- Exhibition history (4)
-
Paintings and etchings by Arthur Boyd (1994), Australian Galleries, Sydney, 29 Nov 1993–12 Feb 1994.
Arthur Boyd (1993-4), David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, 20 Dec 1993–31 Jan 1994.
Paintings and etchings by Arthur Boyd (1994), Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 18 Apr 1994–14 May 1994.
Arthur Boyd - "The Prodigal Son" and "The Writer and his Muse" (1996), Australian Galleries, Brisbane (Australia), 29 Nov 1996–14 Dec 1996.
