Third Overpass 1998



Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 160 x 135.5

Signed, dated and titled [on verso: ‘Name Howard ARkley / Title “Third Overpass” / Date 1998 / Size 160 cm x 135 cm  / Medium Acrylic on Canvas’]

Private collection, Melbourne

The simplified palette and light grey line-work of this variant of Arkley’s vertical-format freeway overpass subject are typical of the artist’s later style in general, and several of his late freeway images in particular.

In this version, the road seems to mirror the sky, and the prominent mauve foreground column creates an interesting tension with the otherwise largely flat, graphic treatment.

Provenance

  • P/C Queensland, acquired directly from the artist, c.1998: information  and ID photos, inc.detail of verso inscription, forwarded to Arkley Estate Sept.2011
  • Auctioned by Menzies, Sydney, 23 Sept.2014, lot 27 (ill., details as above; est.$50-70,000; sold for $75,000 plus buyer’s premium = $92,045)

Exhibited

  • HA TarraWarra 12/15-2/16 (details as above; ill.)