Arthur Boyd
British · 1920–1999 · Painter, Printmaker
Arthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd was a leading Australian painter of the middle to late 20th century. Boyd's work ranges from impressionist renderings of Australian landscape to… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
BRIDE RUNNING AWAY (1957)Smith & Singer · A$1,680,000≈ $1,769,376≈ £1,125,915≈ €1,432,461Sign up to see
Drowned Bridegroom (1959)Smith & Singer · A$1,952,000≈ $1,435,442≈ £1,111,540≈ €1,225,826Sign up to see
Sleeping Bride (1957-1958)Smith & Singer · A$1,586,000≈ $1,144,251≈ £758,687≈ €1,074,314Sign up to see
Arthur Boyd’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Coming up at auction
5 in forthcoming sales · bid with the house
Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 490 | 371 | 76% | $104kSign up | $48.8kSign up | $1.8MSign up |
| Oil | 488 | 369 | 76% | $105kSign up | $50.1kSign up | $1.8MSign up |
| Mixed media | 2 | 2 | 100% | $2.4kSign up | $2.4kSign up | $2.9kSign up |
| Works on paper | 54 | 38 | 70% | $11.3kSign up | $8.5kSign up | $94.8kSign up |
| Watercolor | 12 | 11 | 92% | $17.4kSign up | $7.2kSign up | $94.8kSign up |
| Pastel | 21 | 14 | 67% | $14.1kSign up | $13.7kSign up | $24.2kSign up |
| Drawing | 19 | 11 | 58% | $2kSign up | $955Sign up | $9.8kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 114 | 88 | 77% | $611Sign up | $364Sign up | $9.3kSign up |
| Etching | 55 | 39 | 71% | $626Sign up | $320Sign up | $9.3kSign up |
| Lithograph | 52 | 43 | 83% | $542Sign up | $441Sign up | $2.8kSign up |
| Screenprint | 5 | 5 | 100% | $1.2kSign up | $907Sign up | $2.3kSign up |
| Print (other) | 2 | 1 | 50% | $276Sign up | $276Sign up | $276Sign up |
| Sculpture | 24 | 19 | 79% | $33.1kSign up | $18.3kSign up | $118kSign up |
| Other | 21 | 14 | 67% | $21kSign up | $15.6kSign up | $70.9kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.
By year
| Year | Offered | Sold | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 17 | $33.8kSign up |
| 2025 | 58 | 49 | $19.1kSign up |
| 2024 | 52 | 45 | $32kSign up |
| 2023 | 42 | 33 | $37.4kSign up |
| 2022 | 44 | 37 | $9.7kSign up |
| 2021 | 33 | 27 | $29.5kSign up |
| 2020 | 37 | 26 | $39kSign up |
| 2019 | 37 | 26 | $31.1kSign up |
| 2018 | 40 | 29 | $25.9kSign up |
| 2017 | 44 | 27 | $48.3kSign up |
| 2016 | 54 | 42 | $12.5kSign up |
| 2015 | 50 | 38 | $18.2kSign up |
| 2014 | 66 | 46 | $31.6kSign up |
| 2013 | 36 | 21 | $38.4kSign up |
| 2012 | 33 | 27 | $46.4kSign up |
| 2011 | 20 | 16 | $70.9kSign up |
| 2010 | 14 | 11 | $83.5kSign up |
| 2009 | 15 | 13 | $20.1kSign up |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |