Untitled [‘The Star’] 1973 [W/P]
Synthetic polymer paint on paper, 43.8 x 76.7
signed and dated [l.r. within image, in white ink: Arkley 73]
State Library of Victoria
This sheet provides clear evidence of Arkley’s early experimentation with air-brushing and stencilling.
The repeated stencilled words ‘The Star’ prompt the suggestion that this work may be identical with Reading (1973) [W/P], entered in the Caltex Drawing Biennial in 1973 (unidentified).
On the verso is an incomplete nude drawing in pencil, inscribed by Arkley: ‘Not by me / Not enough money for new paper’ (!).
Provenance
- artist’s collection (no.A149)
- P/C Melb.
- State Library of Victoria, 2021