Provenance:<\/p>\n
i\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Ivanyi Galleries, South Yarra \u2014 original bill of sale dated 30 November 1997<\/p>\n
ii\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Estate of Alan & Ada Selwyn, Toorak<\/p>\n
iii\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Acquired by The McCorry Collection, 1 November 2020<\/p>\n
Artwork Description:<\/p>\n
The Apple Tree on the Edge of Bush is a large, richly coloured Australian landscape that exemplifies David Boyd\u2019s mature synthesis of surrealism, social realism, and expressionism.
\nChildren gather beneath a radiant apple tree positioned at the threshold between cultivated land and bush \u2014 a recurring Boyd motif symbolising innocence, vulnerability, and moral tension. Above them, cockatoos cut through the sky, imagery Boyd increasingly employed as symbols of disruption and intrusion into both natural and human worlds.
\nThe composition balances lyricism with psychological unease, reflecting Boyd\u2019s lifelong engagement with the human condition, moral responsibility, and mythic narrative.<\/p>\n
Curatorial Note:<\/p>\n
The Apple Tree on the Edge of Bush represents an important mature work by David Boyd, bringing together many of the themes that define his contribution to Australian art. The painting balances lyrical landscape with symbolic narrative, where cultivated land and native bush become metaphors for innocence, civilisation and the Australian psyche.<\/i>
\nWithin The McCorry Collection, this work occupies an important place in the broader Boyd Family collection, demonstrating the continuity of artistic vision that links David Boyd with Arthur Boyd while maintaining his own distinctive visual language.<\/i>
\nAbout David Boyd:<\/p>\n
David Boyd (1924\u20132011) was one of Australia\u2019s most significant post-war painters and a founding member of the Antipodean Group. Born into Australia\u2019s most celebrated artistic family, he developed a distinctive visual language centred on symbolic landscapes, mythology and the relationship between humanity and the natural world.
\nWhile many of his contemporaries embraced abstraction during the 1950s, Boyd remained committed to figurative painting. His works frequently explore themes of innocence, morality, spirituality and the Australian landscape through rich colour, poetic symbolism and expressive brushwork.
\nToday David Boyd\u2019s paintings are represented in the National Gallery of Australia, every major Australian state gallery and numerous important private collections throughout Australia and overseas.<\/p>\n
Collector\u2019s Note
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\nThis painting represents a strong, mature example of David Boyd\u2019s symbolic landscape work and is a key Boyd painting held within The McCorry Collection. It will later be contextualised within a broader Boyd Family study framework, linking painting, drawing, and pottery across multiple generations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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