Doddle Head 3 1990 [W/P]

This is a variant of Untitled [‘Head’] 1988 [W/P], closely similar in composition and on the same scale, but in reverse and somewhat differently coloured.

A full-scale ‘cartoon’ of this composition, in pencil on tracing paper, preserved in Arkley’s studio collection, evidently formed part of his working procedure for one or both of these finished works on paper.

Documentation and ID photos of the present work kindly provided by the owner, who also has two doodled pages (15 and 67) from Arkley’s Mills & Boon book The Chateau of Fire (details listed under https://www.arkleyworks.com/mills-boon-books/).

Provenance

• Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Melbourne
• Acquired from the above by the present owner, c.1991