Colour Field Home 1999



Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 100 x 80

signed, dated & titled: ‘Howard Arkley / “Colour Field Home” / 1999’ [on reverse, acc.to Deutscher & Hackett]

Coll.: unknown

This small canvas, previously known only via a negative in Arkley’s archive, was originally listed in this catalogue as Untitled [House #1] (1999). Its appearance at auction in November 2012 clarified several details, including the title and dimensions as noted here.  The composition is a simplified variant of Stucco House (1988) and Floriated Residence (1994).

The painting also appears to have been one of several works available at Metro 5 during the Arkley exhibition there in February 2002: see details below.

Provenance

  • Private collection, Melbourne
  • apparently at Metro 5, Melbourne, 2002 (identified in a photo in the Metro 5 archive, taken by Paul Auckett, forwarded to Arkley Works, Sept.2026)
  • McCulloch Gallery, Melbourne
  • Private collection, Melbourne (acquired from the above in 2007)
  • auctioned by Deutscher & Hackett, Melb., 28 Nov.2012, lot 9: details, including ill.and provenance details included here; est.$45-65,000; sold for $66,000 including buyer’s premium