{"product_id":"2026100009506-secondhand-arthur-boyd-seven-persistent-images-signed","title":"Arthur Boyd: Seven Persistent Images (SIGNED)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Signed with inscription\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew figures loom as large in the landscape of Australian modernism as Arthur Boyd, whose restless imagination and haunting visual language transformed the nation's artistic identity across six decades. Arthur Boyd: Seven Persistent Images, written by Grazia Gunn with a foreword by James Mollison, presents a focused and illuminating study of seven recurring motifs that defined Boyd's oeuvre — from the brooding bushland of his Heidelberg upbringing to the mythological and spiritual symbols that saturated his later works.\n\nGunn's scholarly yet accessible prose draws the reader deep into Boyd's psychological and cultural world, arguing that these persistent images are not mere stylistic signatures but windows into the artist's complex engagement with Australian identity, alienation, and belonging. Published by the Australian National Gallery, this volume carries the authority of Australia's premier cultural institution and stands as an essential reference for collectors, scholars, and admirers of Boyd's extraordinary legacy. What compels a painter to return, again and again, to the same haunting visions — and what do those obsessions ultimately reveal?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203107397851,"sku":"2026100009506-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/4ec5af94-7ce8-493a-931a-6e3dc5263341.png?v=1788143871","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009506-secondhand-arthur-boyd-seven-persistent-images-signed","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}