Tudor Village B/W 1994



Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 165 x 123

Signed, dated and titled [on reverse: ‘Title. “Tudor Village B/W” / Name. Howard Arkley / Medium Acrylic on Canvas / size 1230 cm x 1650 cm’ (archive details)]

Coll.: unknown

A modified variant of Model Tudor Village, Fitzroy Gardens (1986); this work was exhibited in HA Bellas 5/94. It remained in the artist’s collection at his death (archive photo, details), and was then sold in 2004.

The work was subsequently auctioned in 2007, as ‘Tudor Village c.1986’; however, the auction catalogue photo leaves no doubt as to its actual title and date, as shown here. The stencilled background patterning of the hills is consistent with other works dating from 1994.

Provenance

  • Bellas Gallery, Brisbane, 1994 (listed thus in Arkley’s 1993-6 stock-book)
  • Artist’s collection
  • Private collection, Melb.
  • Sold in 2004 through Kalli Rolfe
  • Private collection
  • Auctioned by Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 12 Sept.2007, lot 28, as ‘Tudor Village c.1986’; 165 x 122.5; signed and inscribed verso: ‘Tudor Village / Howard ARkley’; no provenance indicated; ill.; est.$120-150,000; sold for $144,000

Exhibited

  • HA Bellas, Brisbane, 5/94 (‘Black & White Paintings and works on paper’), cat.no.5