Lot 67
Ghost Gums and Figure 1921
oil on canvas
signed and dated lower right: Penleigh Boyd/ 21
68 x 80cm
Estimate $20,000 - $30,000
McKenzies Auctioneers, Perth, 23 November 2010, lot 72
Private collection, Melbourne
James, R., Penleigh Boyd 1890-1923, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, 2000, p.13
"The major statements of the period [1920-23] reveal the extent to which Boyd's overriding interest in scenes of emerging, full or passing light - the serenity of the bush - could be realised through images of the gum tree."
Fine Art
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8246
6:30pm - 4 September 2018
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
VIEWING
Viewing in Sydney
Thursday 16-Saturday 18 August, 10am-4pm
Viewing in Melbourne
Wednesday 29 August, 9am-8pm & Thursday 30 August-Monday 3 September, 10am-4pm
CONTACT
Olivia Fuller
olivia.fuller@leonardjoel.com.au
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