Tulips and Spotted Vase 1986



Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 161 x 120

Signed, dated & titled (verso)

Private collection, Melbourne

This painting, which echoes the style of English Pop artist Patrick Caulfield, was shown in HA Tolarno 9/86, and ‘Downtown’, 1995. It is the earliest of several larger-scale still lives by Arkley.

For later variants of this composition listed in the present catalogue, see Still Life Tulips (1996); Tulips in a White Vase (1996) [W/P]; Tulips – Still Life 1997 [W/P]; and Still Life Tulips (1999).

Provenance

  • Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
  • Private collection, Melbourne (acquired from the above, 1986)
  • Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
  • Private collection, Melbourne (acquired from the above, May 1995)

Exhibited

  • HA Tolarno 9/86, cat.6
  • ‘Downtown’, Heide, 3/95 (details as above)
  • Scheduled for auction by Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 26 Nov.2024, lot 24: ill., details as noted above; est.$180-240,000

Literature

  • Engberg 1995: 51 (ill.)
  • Spray 83 (ill.: as 1987)