Untitled [A183] (c.1974-76) [W/P]



Synthetic polymer paint, ink and pencil on paper, 56 x 67.2 (sheet)
State Library of Victoria [MS 14217/1/1723]

The composition – comprising three sprayed rectangles arranged vertically on the central axis of the sheet – is broadly comparable with the white canvases Seltsamer (1974) and Seltsamer (1975).

Arkley’s archive contains an undated slide of this sheet, indicating the orientation shown here.

= ‘White’ W/P cat.no.221 [previous no.203]

Provenance

  • artist’s collection (no.A183)
  • private collection, Melbourne
  • State Library of Victoria (gift of the Estate of Howard Arkley through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2021)