Felony 1987 [#2]

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 160 x 122
signed, dated and titled [on reverse: ‘Howard Arkley / Felony /1987’]
Coll.: unknown
This canvas, shown in 1987 at both Roslyn Oxley9 and the Anima Gallery, Adelaide, is a close variant of Felony (1983), distinguishable only on close inspection – see e.g. the different shapes at upper left, slightly different greens, etc.
Slides of both works are held in Arkley’s archive.
Provenance
- Unknown
Exhibited
- HA Roslyn Oxley9, 9/87, cat.10
- HA Anima Gallery, Adelaide, 10/87, cat.3 ($4,000)
- HA Monash 1991, cat.63 (details as above)
Literature
- Duncan 1991:27 (ill.)
- Spray 65: ill., incorrectly identified as the 1983 canvas (see comments above)