Arthur Murch (1902 - 1989)

LEDA AND THE SWAN, c.1950

oil on paper

57.5 x 86.0 cm (sight)
77.0 x 104.5 cm (frame)

signed lower left: A J Murch

Private collection
Beth Hamilton Galleries, Sydney
Christie’s, Melbourne, 2 – 3 May 2002, lot 247
The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, Melbourne, acquired from the above

Nainby, B., Stanhope, Z., and Furlonger, K., The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, in association with Latrobe Regional Gallery, Melbourne, 2009, pp. 18, 79 (illus.), 227

Condition:
This work is in very good, stable and near original condition.
The undulation to the surface indicates that the paper sheet has not been laid down.
There are a number of minor creases, mostly horizontal, to the paper support across the composition.
Under ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of past restoration.

The work is housed in a timber frame with window mount under Perspex.