Untitled [A220] (c.1974-76) [W/P]



Synthetic polymer paint, crayon and ink on paper, 56.5 x 38.5 (sheet)

Private collection, Melbourne

One of the larger early works on paper shown in the 2006-7 Arkley retrospective.

Here, a number of the vertical crayon strokes are surrounded by a sprayed ‘aura’ – a motif Arkley used later for his door-format painting Leaves 1978.

= ‘White’ W/P cat.198 [previous no.181]

Provenance

  • artist’s collection (no.A220 {previously numbered A121a})

Exhibited

  • HA NGVA retrospective 2006-7 (as 1974-75; shown in Melbourne only)