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Penleigh Boyd (1890-1923), The Wattle Gatherers 1918

Sold for A$75,000 at Gibson's on May 25, 2025.

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PENLEIGH BOYD (1890-1923) The Wattle Gatherers 1918 oil on canvas signed and dated lower right: Penleigh Boyd / 18. 76 x 91cm PROVENANCE Fine Art Society, Melbourne William Bertrand Carr, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1918 Thence by descent W.H. Carr, Melbourne, by 1965 Thence by descent Private collection, Queensland Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, Important Australian + International Fine Art, 27 November 2019, Lot 51 Works from the late Andrée Harkness Collection, Melbourne EXHIBITED Exhibition of Paintings by Penleigh Boyd, Fine Art Society's Galleries, Melbourne, 27 November – 11 December 1918, cat. 7. LITERATURE Exhibition of Pictures, The Age, Melbourne, 27 November 1918, p. 8 'Mr. Boyd's Exhibition', The Argus, Melbourne, 27 November 1918, p. 7 Colquhoun, A., 'Australian Landscapes', The Herald, Melbourne, 26 November 1918, p. 11 Boyd, Penleigh & MacDonald, James S. 1920, The Landscapes of Penleigh Boyd, A. McCubbin, Melbourne, 1920, plate VI, (illus.) Smith, Colin G., Sunlight and Storm: The Life and Art of Penleigh Boyd, Colin G. Smith, Murrumbeena, 2021, pp. 96 (illus.), 281 (illus.) RELATED WORKS The Breath of Spring, 1919, National Gallery of Victoria (Felton Bequest, 1919) Spring Fantasy, 1919, Art Gallery of Castlemaine (Gift of the artist, 1921)

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