Arthur Boyd (1920 - 1999)

St. Francis holding St Clare’s hair, 1964 – 65

from the St. Francis series

pastel on paper

46.5 x 62.0 cm
62.0 x 77.0 cm (frame)

signed lower right: Arthur Boyd

Australian Galleries, Melbourne (label attached verso)
Hansen Collection, Washington DC, USA, acquired from the above in 1965
Thence by descent
Private collection, Melbourne

Arthur Boyd: Pastels, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 27 July – 13 August 1965, cat. 9 (label attached verso)
Recent Works from London by Arthur Boyd, Hungry Horse Art Gallery, Sydney, 28 March – 14 April 1966, cat. 9

Philipp, F., Arthur Boyd, Thames and Hudson, London, 1967, cat. 15.10, pl. 128, pp. 131, 132, 229 (illus.), 272
Pont, M., Arthur Boyd and St Francis of Assisi, Macmillan, Melbourne, 2004, cat. 16, pp. 60 (illus.), 137

St. Francis Holding St. Clare's Hair, 1965, lithograph, 47.0 x 60.0 cm, edition: 3/25, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
St. Francis Holding St. Clare's Hair, 1974, wool and cotton tapestry, 263.5 x 343.5 cm, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra