Untitled [‘The Second Village’] 1998 [W/P]

Variant of Arkley’s Tudor imagery (examples from 1986ff.), often monochrome, as here: compare e.g. Tudor Village (1994) [W/P].

Details of the present work were forwarded to the Arkley Estate Sept.2011 by the former owners, who acquired it with a group of late Arkleys in about 1998. It is unclear whether the title ‘The Second Village’ is original.

The earliest firm documentation of this work is a photo showing it at Metro 5, Melbourne, at the time of the Arkley show there in Feb.2002 (although this work is not listed the exhibition check-list): see details below.

Provenance

• Private collection, Queensland, acquired directly from the artist c.1998: information and ID photo supplied to Arkley Estate by the owners Sept.2011 (as ‘The Second Village’)
• Apparently at Metro 5, 2002: photo taken at Metro 5 archive by Paul Auckett, forwarded to Arkley Works, Sept.2026, showing this work with Untitled (‘Head 1’) 1998 [W/P])
• Auctioned by Menzies, Melb., 20 March 2014, lot 60: ill., details as above; est.$9,500-12,000; sold for $8,000 plus buyer’s premium ($11,045)
• Auctioned by Menzies, Melb., 25 June 2015, lot 9: same details, ill.; est.$10-14,000; sold for $12,000 plus buyer’s premium