Stucco House (1988)

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 175 x 135
Private collection, Melbourne (?)
This exemplary suburban image from the artist’s 1988 Tolarno show contains extensive passages of ‘painterly’ brush-work alluding to grass, stucco and other textures.
For the blend of modest and aspirational qualities in this typical inner-suburban Melbourne bungalow, see Carnival 190.
Arkley later used this composition again (very differently) for Floriated Residence (1994).
Provenance
- Arkley’s 1988 list of sales records original buyer and price of $6,000
Exhibited
- HA Tolarno 8/88, cat.5 (details as above);
- ‘Neighbours’, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, 5/91
Literature
- Engberg, ‘On the street where you live’, 1988 (Tolarno exh.review; B&W ill.)
- O’Halloran 1991 (‘Neighbours’ exh.cat., unpaginated; ill.)
- Spray 88 (ill.)
- Carnival 190 and Fig.6.39 (full-page ill.)