Arthur BOYD | Double figure with shark head and horns (Elektra backdrop).

Arthur BOYD
 Australia 1920 – Melbourne 1999 AD
England, Australia, Italy from 1959

Double figure with shark head and horns (Elektra backdrop). 1962-63 ink; paper , etching and aquatint, printed in black ink with plate-tone, from one plate
34.9 (h) x 40.1 (w) cm
1st edition, artist's proof , published state , 1st edition of 25, plus 5 artist's proofs. 2nd edition of 100; plus 1 right-to-print proof, 2 printer's proofs, 2 workshop proofs , no manufacturer's mark.
Signed lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Arthur Boyd'. Not dated. Inscribed lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Artist Proof'. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra NGA 1975.3.273 The Arthur Boyd gift 1975.
  • Gift of the artist to the Interim Council of the NGA, February 1975.