Freeway (Exit) 1995



Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 203 x 153

signed, dated and titled [on reverse, under backing: ‘Freeway (Exit)’; alternative title ‘Freeway Overpass’ apparently also inscribed on backing board – acc.to Sotheby’s, 2005]

Coll.: unknown

This work appeared in the Arkley show at Metro 5 in 2/02 (as ‘Freeway Over Pass 1996’), and was subsequently auctioned by both Sotheby’s and Joel’s, with the title and date listed above. It is presumably identical with the painting listed in Arkley’s 1993-96 stock-book, as ‘Freeway Exit 1995, Ac.on canvas, 203 x 153 cm’, with Peter Bellas, Brisbane, in Dec.1995, and then at Tolarno in Feb.1996.

This appears to be the earliest of several vertical-format works based on the central section of the composition first used for A Freeway Painting (Over Pass) (1994).

Provenance

  • listed in HA’s 1993-6 stock-book under Dec.1995 and Feb.1996 (as ‘Freeway Exit’), as noted above
  • at Metro 5, 2002 (see exh. details below)
  • auctioned by Sotheby’s, Melb., 19 Sep.2005, lot 57 (ill.; dets. as above; est.$120-160,000; sold?)
  • auctioned by Leonard Joel, Melb., 30 Oct.2007, lot 47 (ill., title and date as above; size given as 200 x 150; est.$180-220,000; sold for $189,090, inc. buyer’s premium)

Exhibited

  • HA Metro 5, Melb., 2/02, cat.2 (as ‘Freeway Over Pass 1996’; ill.; priced at $240,000)