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Title
Nude with shark-headed beast
(1962-1963)
Details
Alternative title
Diana and Actaeon
Date
(1962-1963)
Materials used
etching, drypoint and aquatint, printed in black ink on white wove paper
Edition
25
Dimensions
40.3 x 30.2 cm platemark; 55.0 x 39.6 cm sheet
Signature & date
Signed l.r., pencil "Arthur Boyd". Not dated.
Credit
Anonymous gift 1993
Location
Not on display
Accession number
367.1993
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Arthur Boyd
Nude with shark-headed beast
Shown in 1 exhibition
Exhibition history
Arthur Boyd retrospective (1993-1994):
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 15 Dec 1993–06 Mar 1994
- National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], Melbourne 30 Mar 1994–23 May 1994
- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart 09 Jun 1994–21 Aug 1994
- Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth 22 Sep 1994–20 Nov 1994
Referenced in 5 publications
Bibliography
James Mollison, Art and Australia, 'Arthur Boyd', Sydney, Sep 1965, 123 (illus.). titled 'Nude with beast'; dated (1953); Collection of National Gallery of Victoria
Australians on Arthur Boyd, 'Open country, open heart', pg. 20-37, Melbourne, 1998, 31 (illus.).
Janet McKenzie, Arthur Boyd: Art and life, London, 2000, 111, 113 (illus.).
Barry Pearce, Arthur Boyd retrospective, Sydney, 1993, 154, 179 (illus.). cat.no. 161
Arthur Boyd etchings and lithographs, London, 1971, (illus.). cat.no. 13