Author: T. S. R. Boase
Title: Nebuchadnezzar: 34 Paintings and 18 Drawings
Description: London, Thames and Hudson, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this bright study of the works of Australian painter Arthur Boyd. First edition. Illustrated with fifty-two plates, thirty-four of which are tipped-in colour plates. Collated complete. The Old Testament story of the fall from grace of Nebuchadnezzer, the greatest of the Kings of Babylon, forms the subject of this impressive and important group of paintings, etchings, lithographs, and drawings from Boyd. A collection from Arthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd, a leading Australian painter of the middle to late twentieth century noted for his range from impressionist renderings of Australian landscapes to starkly expressionist figuration, with many canvases feature both. With text by Thomas Sherrer Ross Boase, a British art historian, university teacher, and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: Arthur Boyd. Fine/Near Fine.

Keywords: Nebuchadnezzar Paintings Drawings Boyd Paintings Arthur Boyd


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