Arthur Boyd
(Australia, England 24 Jul 1920–24 Apr 1999)
- Title
- Lion's head in a cave and rainbow
- Other titles:
- Nebuchadnezzar & white lion in a cave
- Year
- (1969)
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
-
175.4 x 183.3cm stretcher; 196.5 x 205.5 x 5.5cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed lower right, red oil "Arthur Boyd". Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Fraser Hopkins 2010. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
- Accession number
- 70.2010
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (10)
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'Benefactors dinner 5 August'., Foundation Newsletter #17 Dec 2010, Dec 2010.
Darleen Bungey (Australia, b.1947) (Author), Arthur Boyd: A life, Sydney, 2007, 426-436. General reference (Nebuchadnezzar)
Christie's, Australia Pty. Ltd. (Australia) (Editor), Christie's Melbourne: Australian and European Paintings, Part I, Melbourne, 29 Apr 1996, 55 (colour illus.). lot no. 68
Helen Rayment (Australia, b.1966) (Author), Australian modernism: the complexity and the diversity, North Caulfield, 1992, 27 (colour illus.). cat.no. 34
Dr Ursula Hoff (England; Australia, b.1909, d.2005) (Author), The art of Arthur Boyd, London, 1986, 55, 58 (colour illus.), 243. plate no. 92; dated 1966-69; titled 'Lion's head in a cave and rainbow'; Formerly private collection, Scotland
T.S.R. Boase (Author), Nebuchadnezzar, 18 drawings and 34 paintings, London, 1972, (colour illus.). plate no. 40
'Nebuchadnezzar' by Robert Melville, pg. 597., New statesman 25 Apr 1969, 25 Apr 1969, 597. General reference (Nebuchadnezzar)
Richard Demarco Gallery (Scotland), Retrospective exhibition of paintings, drawings and other work by Arthur Boyd: 14 April to 10 May 1969, Edinburgh, 1969. cat.no. 32; titled 'Nebuchadnezzar & white lion in a cave'; Note painting was not for sale & possibly to be used as cartoons for tapestries.
'The Triumph' by Patrick McCaughey., Age 25 Jun 1968, 25 Jun 1968. General reference (Nebuchadnezzar)
'Revelations by expatriates' by Elwyn Lynn, pg. 72., Bulletin 20 Apr 1968, 20 Apr 1968, 72. General reference (Nebuchadnezzar)
- Exhibition history (2)
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Retrospective exhibition of paintings, drawings and other works by Arthur Boyd (1969), Richard Demarco Gallery, 14 Apr 1969–10 May 1969.
Modern art from Scottish houses: the inaugural exhibition ofof the Scottish Arts Council's new gallery (1969)s, Scottish Arts Council's gallery, Jul 1969–Aug 1969.
