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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703auction results2003–2026years recorded75%sold (530)$28.3kSign up free to seemedian price

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BRIDE RUNNING AWAY (1957)Smith & Singer · Aug 2012A$1,680,000≈ $1,769,376≈ £1,125,915≈ €1,432,461Sign up to see
Drowned Bridegroom (1959)Smith & Singer · Aug 2018A$1,952,000≈ $1,435,442≈ £1,111,540≈ €1,225,826Sign up to see
Sleeping Bride (1957-1958)Smith & Singer · Nov 2015A$1,586,000≈ $1,144,251≈ £758,687≈ €1,074,314Sign up to see

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Average price

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median $28.3kfree account

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Lots sold

530

of 703 offered · 2003–2026

Sell-through

75%

sold ÷ offered

Price trend

Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

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