Sketchbook no. 24 (mid 1980s and later)

Small black cloth-covered sketchbook labelled ‘pH Neutral Drawing Paper’; mostly mid 1980s? (and a few later additions, one dated 1997)

184 pages, 15.3 x 10.5

State Library of Victoria: Howard Arkley collection, MS 14217, series 2, no.24 [F BOX 4258]

Contents: the opening half of the book contains a series of elegant, black fibre-tipped pen drawings, many noted as done in Chapel Street – mostly heads (some in doubled line), and cacti; 3 drawings at the end in lighter black/grey texta, one signed & dated ‘HA 97’

(photos to come)