Untitled head on newspaper 1981 [W/P]



Synthetic polymer paint on newspaper page, 59 x 37 (irreg.); signed and dated (lower right, below image)

Private collection

This work, painted on another page from the same issue of the Melbourne Herald (21 Dec.1981) as Untitled [“If the porcelain shatters…”] (c.1981) [W/P], shows a similarly surreal hybrid head.

Details and ID photo forwarded to Arkley Works in 2024, noting the parallel with the other example mentioned above (with thanks to Alex Clark at Bonham’s and Wiebke Brix at Leonard Joel).

[new entry added June 2025]

Provenance

  • With Michael Fox, Collingwood, 2024 (previous history unknown)
  • Auctioned by Bonham’s, Melb., 9 May 2025, lot 24: details and ill. as shown here; est.$4-6,000; not sold