The Little Train 1950

ARTHUR BOYD (1920-1999)

The Little Train 1950

oil and tempera on composition board
72.5 x 105.5 cm
signed lower right: Arthur Boyd

Provenance:
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Leonard Voss Smith, Melbourne (label attached verso)
Sotheby's, Sydney, 17 November 1988, lot 407
Private collection, Melbourne
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 25 August 1998, lot 102
Private collection, Melbourne
Company collection, Melbourne
Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 2 May 2007, lot 531
Private collection, Singapore

Exhibited:
Arthur Boyd Retrospective Exhibition, David Jones Gallery, Sydney, 4 - 16 September 1950, cat.11 (as The Goods Train)
Arthur Boyd Retrospective Exhibition, Whitechapel Gallery, London, June - July 1962, cat.47
Arthur Boyd Retrospective Exhibition, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, March 1964
Australian Paintings and Tapestries of the Past Twenty Years, New South Wales House, The Strand, London, May 1972, cat.5 (illus.)

Reference:
Philipp, F., Arthur Boyd, Thames and Hudson, London, 1967, p.247, cat.38

Estimate: $350000 - 450000

Result Hammer: $340000