Untitled [A187] (c.1974-76) [W/P]



Synthetic polymer paint, ink and pencil on paper, 56 x 76.2 (sheet), 40 x 64.6 (image)

Geelong Gallery (acc.no.2016.79)

Sweeping black horizontals and two circles outlined in red. The sprayed horizontals recall several white canvases by Arkley, notably Tracing (1975?), for which this could almost be a preliminary drawing.

Arkley’s archive contains several slides of this sheet.

= ‘White’ W/P cat.no.212 [previous no.194]

Provenance

  • artist’s collection (no.A187)
  • private collection, Melbourne
  • Geelong Gallery (gift of the Estate of Howard Arkley through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2016)