Series[UMA-SRE-20140045] MAJOR WORKSAccession[2014.0038] GERMAINE GREER ARCHIVEIdentifierUMA-ITE-2014004500430Scope and ContentImages of artworks and photographs, some unidentified, depicting young men and boys. The main content is a sequence of photocopied images with handwritten page numbers 2/1 to 2/22. Sequence begins with classical Greek and Roman statues, later artists include Andrea Sacchi, Rubens, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Tadeo Zuccari, and the sequence ends with photographs of indigenous people by The National Geographic. Many images in the folder are copies of images sourced and held in other folders. Images are in formats of black and white photocopies and colour plates (cut from catalogues). Some sheets have annotations by GG. Additional sub items in this folder include catalogue of drawings by Keith Vaughan (1912-1977): Drawings of the young male, London: St Jude's, 1991; four pages excised from Sotheby's auction catalogue, London 16 December 2004, describing Lots 285 and 286 of the Archive of JM Barrie and "The lost boys", illustrated with photograph of Michael Llewelyn Davies aged 6 as Peter Pan. The folder also includes one page of handwritten notes by GG. Subjects: The Boy; The Beautiful Boy; Masculine beauty (Aesthetics); Young men in art; Mythology in artAccess StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2014.0045 Unit 0038
Greer, Germaine, The Boy (c.2001-c.2002), [UMA-ITE-2014004500430]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 19/03/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/344400
