Tulips and Spotted Vase (1986)



Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 160 x 120

Private collection, Melbourne

This painting, which echoes the style of English Pop artist Patrick Caulfield, was shown in HA Tolarno 9/86, and ‘Downtown’, 1995. It is the earliest of several larger-scale still lives by Arkley.

For later variants of this composition listed in the present catalogue, see Still Life Tulips (1996); Tulips in a White Vase (1996) [W/P]; Tulips – Still Life 1997 [W/P]; and Still Life Tulips (1999).

Provenance

  • Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
  • Private collection, Melbourne (acquired from the above, 1986)
  • Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
  • Acquired from the above by present owners

Exhibited

  • HA Tolarno 9/86, cat.6
  • ‘Downtown’, Heide, 3/95 (details as above)

Literature

  • Engberg 1995: 51 (ill.)
  • Spray 83 (ill.: as 1987)