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Alan Boxer Bequest Announcement

Published 04 August 2015

The Alan Boxer Bequest is one of the most significant acts of generosity to the National Gallery of Australia. It comprises key works by some of Australia’s finest twentieth-century artists, including Roy de Maistre, Arthur Boyd, Sidney Nolan, Albert Tucker, John Olsen, Charles Blackman and John Perceval. A dedicated and insightful collector, Boxer enjoyed a fruitful relationship with the Gallery over many years. He took a keen interest in the developing national collection, visiting the off-site store before the building opened to the public in 1982. Following his retirement, he became a voluntary guide at the Gallery, further deepening his understanding of mid twentieth-century Australian art, which comprises the majority of works in the bequest.

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John Olsen

Childhood by the seaport
1965

Charles Blackman

Rabbit tea party
1956-57

Albert Tucker

Gamblers and parrots
1960

John Perceval

Early morning, Williamstown
1956

Stanislaus Rapotec

Experience in summer no. 2
1964

Robert Hughes

Mineshafts
1963

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