Series[UMA-SRE-20140045] MAJOR WORKSAccession[2014.0038] GERMAINE GREER ARCHIVEIdentifierUMA-ITE-2014004500469Scope and ContentImages of artworks and photographs, some unidentified, depicting young men and boys. Includes a sequence of photocopied images with handwritten page numbers 1/1 to 1/29, containing classical art and later artists including Titian, Giorgione, Van Dyck, Raphael, Gainsborough, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Guglielmo Pluschow, Will McBride. Many images in this sequence are copies of images sourced and held in other folders. Other artists in this folder include Rembrandt, Cellini, Franz Hals, Ferdinand Bol. Images are in formats of black and white and colour photocopies, print outs of web pages, colour plates (cut from catalogues), colour contact sheets. Some sheets have annotations by GG. The folder contains research material on the images and artists. The folder also contains laser print of 2 typescript drafts, with word counts: [A]: page numbered by hand 1-12, with typescript heading "What is a boy? 5,577", hand written correction 6773, annotated; [B]: page numbered 1-32, with typescript heading "What is a boy? 7024", p.18-32 typescript heading "The Boy is Beautiful: 5,046", annotated throughout. The folder also includes two pages of handwritten notes on A4 square lined paper sheets by GG. Subjects: The Boy; The Beautiful Boy; Masculine beauty (Aesthetics); Young men in art; Copy editingAccess StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2014.0045 Unit 0041
Greer, Germaine, The Boy - What is a Boy? (c.2001-2002), [UMA-ITE-2014004500469]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 19/03/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/344439
