Chair (1991) [3/M]



Synthetic polymer paint on wood, 86.5 x 38.0 x 40.0, on tiled base, 1.0 x 64.5 x 61.5

Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide [20157S28(a&b)]

This chair is obviously from the set exhibited in the Arkley survey exhibition held at the Monash University Gallery in 1991: see now Four Chairs (1981-91) [3/M], including a photo taken at the exhibition for the Monash Visual Arts slide library, showing it in the centre of a group of three.

In August 2015, the work reappeared in a Deutscher and Hackett auction, with the details and photograph shown here, including provenance information. Correspondence in November 2025 confirmed that it is now in the AGSA collection (with thanks to Rebecca Evans, Curator of Decorative Arts & Design).

Like the other chairs in the group documented in 1991, this includes a triangular leg supporting the seat, and sprayed crosses over a painted background, in this case green over orange. It is unclear whether the tiled base now beneath the chair is original.

Provenance

  • artist’s collection (Monash 1991)
  • Tolarno Galleries (acc.to Deutscher and Hackett, Aug.2015)
  • Private collection, Sydney (acc.to Deutscher and Hackett, Aug.2015)
  • auctioned by Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 26 Aug.2015, lot 7 (as ‘Chair 1991’, ill. and details as shown here; est.$10-15,000; passed in)
  • Gifted to AGSA by Patrick Corrigan AM through the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation 2015 (donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program)

Exhibited

  • HA Monash 1991, cat.81 (set of 4, as from 1981-91, in artist’s collection; each measuring 86.5 x 38.2 x 38)