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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Fine Art Auction
• Sale Date:
  28 Nov 2012 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  4
• Lot Description:
  Howard Arkley
  1951 – 1999
  Proton-Neutron, 1979
  synthetic polymer paint on canvas
  203.5 x 78.5 cm
  signed and dated verso: H Arkley 79
• Provenance:
  Collection of Chandler Coventry AM, Sydney; Private collection, Melbourne
• Exhibited:
  Howard Arkley, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne, May, 1979, cat. 11; Howard Arkley, Coventry Gallery, Sydney, March 1980, cat. 1
• References:
  Crawford, A. and Edgar, R., Spray: The Work of Howard Arkley, Craftsman House, Sydney, revised edition, 2001, p. 29 (illus.); Gregory, J,. Carnival in Suburbia, The Art of Howard Arkley, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, 2006, pp. 54–57, 100 (illus. back cover and p. 100, studio photograph p. 57); Arkley Works electronic catalogue raisonné reference: http://arkleyworks.com/?p=911
• Notes:
  Related Works: Proton-Neutron 50s, 1979, synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 204.0 x 158.0 cm, Private collection, Melbourne, illus. in Arkley Works http://arkleyworks.com/?p=914 ‘The culmination of Arkley’s approach at this time, in terms of source material, technique and composition, is Proton/Neutron, 1979. He recalls the source of this work as being a coffee-shop table top in Chapel Street. A solid red background with abstracted curves in white and black covers the surface in a repetitious pattern. Proton/Neutron was created with a commercial striping machine used for car detailing, which Arkley had bought in New York. As he had done with the spray gun, Arkley found the striping machine to be an instrument of industrial production that he could effectively co-opt.’1 1. Crawford, A. and Edgar, R., Spray: The Work of Howard Arkley, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1997, p. 31 DH1136
• Estimate:
  A$25,000 - 35,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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