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Title

"Trumpets flood the air"

(1993)

Artist

Arthur Boyd

Australia, England

24 Jul 1920 – 24 Apr 1999

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  • Details

    Date
    (1993)
    Media category
    Print
    Materials used
    etching, aquatint; black ink on white Arches paper
    Edition
    artist's proof, 2nd state
    Dimensions
    59.4 x 39.3 cm platemark; 74.8 x 53.0 cm sheet
    Signature & date

    Not signed. Not dated.

    Credit
    Anonymous gift 1994
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    274.1994
    Copyright
    © Reproduced with permission of Bundanon Trust

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    Arthur Boyd

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    Works in the collection

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  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 2 exhibitions

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 2 publications

    • Christopher Brennan, Poems (1913), Sydney, 1992, 55. NOTE: The trumpet is a recurring symbol in several of Brennan's poems. Part V of 'The twightlight of disquietude':"my trumpets flood the air with gold;"

    • Barry Pearce, Janet McKenzie and Hendrik Kolenberg, Arthur Boyd: 30 paintings 1985-1994, 23 etchings 1993, Collingwood, 1994, 44 (Illus.). image III; cat.no. 33

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