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)