Howard Arkley Australian, 1951-1999
Untitled (Ornamentik variant) , 1981
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
200.0 x 120.0 cm, or, 120 x 200 cm.
One of three works within the artist's oeuvre with skull and acorn pattern, which were documented as painted in 1981. One work, acrylic on canvas, measuring 162 x 324cm, was...
One of three works within the artist's oeuvre with skull and acorn pattern, which were documented as painted in 1981. One work, acrylic on canvas, measuring 162 x 324cm, was exhibited at the 1981 McCaughey Prize at the NGV and in the 1981 Capital Permanent Award at the Geelong Gallery in 1981-1982 (present location unknown, presumed to be in a private collection). The second work, acrylic on paper, 59.5 x 86 cm, signed and dated 1981, was last sold at auction in 2016 and is presumed to be in a private collection.
Provenance
https://www.arkleyworks.com/blog/2009/11/14/untitled-ornamentik-variant-1981/Acquired directly from the artist, ca. 1980s;
Private Collection, Melbourne, ca. 1980s - 2004;
Christie’s, Melb., 3-4 May 2004 (as ‘Untitled, c.1980’; as 120 x 199.4, ill.; est.$25-35,000; not sold);
Private Collection, Melbourne;
Smith & Singer, Sydney, 18 Nov.2020, lot 46, as Ornamentik (1981), 200 x 120; ill.as shown here, but oriented vertically; est.$80-120,000; sold privately);
Private Collection, Melbourne;
Literature
https://www.arkleyworks.com/blog/2009/11/14/untitled-ornamentik-variant-1981/Publications
https://www.arkleyworks.com/blog/2009/11/14/untitled-ornamentik-variant-1981/1
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