Little Bird 1995 [W/P]



Synthetic polymer paint on paper, 76 x 56

Signed, dated & titled verso

Corporate Collection, Melbourne

This particular work, for which there is an outlined source image in Arkley’s archive, is apparently connected with a projected series of kitsch bird paintings that did not eventuate (information supplied by Alison Burton 2002).

See also Tudor Home 1995 [W/P], also formerly in the BP Collection.

Provenance

  • Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Melbourne
  • Collection of BP Australia Limited, Melbourne, acquired from the above
  • auctioned by Sotheby’s, Melb., 8 Sept.2002 (BP Coll.sale), lot 90, as ‘Purple Bird’ (ill.); est. $12-18,000; sold for $21,000 + buyer’s premium)
  • acquired from the above for the present collection