ARTHUR BOYD
1920-1999 (designer)
TAPECARIAS DE PORTALEGRE
Established 1948 (manufacturer)

PROPERTY FROM THE ALTMANN COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

ARTHUR BOYD

1920-1999 (designer)
TAPECARIAS DE PORTALEGRE
Established 1948 (manufacturer)
On Fire (1970)

wool and cotton
woven signature 'Arthur Boyd' lower right; woven monogram 'T/M/P' lower right
edition 2 of 6
273 x 295 cm

• Lot Sold $30,000 (Hammer Price)
• $36,600 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Private Collection, Melbourne
Fine Australian Paintings and Books, Sotheby's Australia, Sydney, 29 November 1993, lot 163, illustrated
Corporate Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
Savill Galleries, Sydney
Dr Jan Altmann, Melbourne, acquired from the above
Private Collection, Melbourne, by descent from the above

Exhibited

Arthur Boyd: Tapestries, Clune Galleries, Sydney, 17 February 1970, no. 4
Arthur Boyd: Tapestries, South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne, 15 April 1970, no. 4
Arthur Boyd: Brides, Myths and Landscapes, Savill Galleries, Sydney, 23 March – 29 April 1995, no. 15, 'Red Nebuchadnezzar Fallen in a Forest with Black Birds', illustrated
Arthur Boyd: The Spirit of Australia, Savill Galleries, Sydney, 17 October – 16 November 1996, no. 20, 'Red Nebuchadnezzar Fallen in a Forest with Black Birds', illustrated
Remembering Brian and Marjorie Johnstone's Galleries, The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, 31 May – 17 August 2014, illustrated, 'Red Nebuchadnezzar Fallen in a Forest with Blackbirds'