Series[UMA-SRE-20140045] MAJOR WORKSAccession[2014.0038] GERMAINE GREER ARCHIVEIdentifierUMA-ITE-2014004500463Scope and ContentLaser print of 13 page typescript listing illustration selections for each chapter of The Boy; each work is assigned a number, contents page, then begins: 1/1; ends: 10/21, annotated. The folder contains images of artworks and photographs, some unidentified, depicting young men and boys and reference information on artists and art, including book extract on sculpture of Auguste Rodin with compliments slip from Wendy [Gay], Thames & Hudson. The images are in formats of black and white and colour photocopies, print outs of web pages, colour plates (cut from catalogues) and postcards. A black and white print of a photograph of a young boy bedside a swimming pool is inscribed on verso "Bather, Budapest, Hungary. Germaine, this image has little to do with our project but thought you would enjoy it none-the-less". Many sheets have annotations by GG. The folder also includes one page photocopy of article by GG (incomplete) from Oz, February 1967 'In bed with the English', Correspondents: Wendy Gay, Thames & Hudson. Subjects: The Boy; The Beautiful Boy; Masculine beauty (Aesthetics); Young men in art; Copy editing; Authors and publishersAccess StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2014.0045 Unit 0040
Greer, Germaine, The Boy - [Illustration Selections] (c.2002-2003), [UMA-ITE-2014004500463]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 19/03/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/344433
