Tulips and Spotted Vase 1986

This painting, the earliest of several larger-scale still lives by Arkley, echoes the style of English Pop artist Patrick Caulfield. 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
• Auctioned by Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 26 Nov.2024, lot 24: ill., details as noted above; est.$180-240,000; sold for $405,000 (inc.buyer’s premium)

Literature

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