Untitled [W25] 1975 [W/P]



Synthetic polymer paint and ink on paper, 46.8 x 71.5 (sheet)
Signed and dated in pencil (on verso): ‘Howard Arkley 75’
State Library of Victoria, Melbourne [MS 14217/1/1697]

Red circles with sprayed horizontals. A more refined variant of the same idea as in Untitled [A187] (c.1974-76) [W/P].

Tape on the back suggests this work has been mounted; unfortunately, the sheet has been stained in several places.

= ‘White’ W/P cat.no.213 [previous no.195]

Provenance

  • artist’s collection (no.W25)
  • private collection, Melbourne
  • State Library of Victoria (gift of the Estate of Howard Arkley through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2019)