3. Art, general & international



(photo at left: Parola, Optical Art, 1969 [165], p.55)

Listed here are Arkley’s various books and catalogues on general and international art, including technical texts; see also 4.International artists (A-Z), 5.Australian art, general; and 6.Australian artists (A-Z).

[106]      # * 10e Biennale de Paris, 1977 [HAA 10.3.i.64] (exh.cat.: Kiefer etc.) [inscribed: E Gower 77] Inscribed on flyleaf: “E.Gower 77”; extensive catalogue; includes Kiefer, Mike Parr etc.; intact, except for p. 223/4 (torn out)

[107]      #  20th-century American Art: Highlights of the Permanent Collection. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1981 [HAA 10.3.i.65] [folded pamphlet, presumably via HA’s 1981 visit to NYC]

[108]      # *  AIGA Graphic Design USA: 1 (The Annual of the American Institute of Graphic Arts), n.d. [HAA 10.3.i.66]; intact apart from pp.287-90: clipped/removed

Airbrush Book: see below, under Tombs Curtis [196]

[109]      #  Amaya, Mario. Pop Art and After. New York: Viking, 1972 [HAA 10.3.iii.1] [1st publ.1965; well-thumbed copy]

[110]      America & Europe: A Century of Modern Masters from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection. Aust.Gallery Directors’ Council, 1979 [unmarked]

[111]      #  American Mastery: Eight Artists in the Permanent Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art [n.d.] (1987?) [HAA 10.3.i.68] [small booklet; Alexander Calder, Stuart Davis etc.]

[112]      Apollonio, Umbro (ed.). Futurist Manifestos, New York: Viking, 1973 [Documents of 20th-century art]

[113]      Arnheim, Rudolf. Entropy and Art: an essay on disorder and order, Berkeley: U.Calif.P., 1971 [inscribed ‘HA 77’]

[114]      #  Art et Publicité. Paris: Pompidou Centre, 1990 [HA 10.3.i.69] [booklet to accompany exh. at Pompidou Centre, 1 Nov.1990-25 Feb.1991]

Art from Latin America: see below, Richard (1993) [175]

[115]      Ayres, James. English Naïve Painting, 1750-1900, London: Thames & Hudson, 1980

[116]      #  Bain, George. Celtic Art: the methods of construction, London: Constable, 1995 [HAA 10.3.iii.2]: presumably bought in Ireland 1999

[117]      #  Battcock, Gregory, Minimal Art: a critical anthology. New York: Dutton, 1968 [HAA s.10.3.iii.3]

[118]      Bauhaus 1919-1933. Cologne: Taschen, 1990 [AB]: major study; text by Bauhaus-Archiv & Magdalena Droste

[119]      #  Blickfelder 81: Malerei in Frankreich heute / Champs visuel 81: Peinture en France aujourd’hui. Bielefeld & Mannheim, 1981 [HAA 10.3.i.70] [exh.cat.; ex Prahran CAE lib.copy; unmarked]

[120]      Body. Sydney: AGNSW, 1997 [exh.cat.]

[121]      #  * Branzi, Andrea. The Hot House: Italian New Wave Design. London: Thames & Hudson, 1984 [HAA 10.3.iii.6]: tagged at pp.92/3 (stylized clothing by Nanni Strada, 1973) & 128/9 (interiors)

[122]     #  Brown, Sarah. Stained Glass: an illustrated history. London: Bracken Books, 1994 [HAA 10.3.iii.7]: marked at pp.26/7 & 51 (12/13C exs.)

[123]     # * Callery, Emma. Paint Effects, London: Tiger Books, 1990 [HAA 10.3.iii.8]: NB this is actually a “how-to” interior decoration book, providing information on how to do marbling etc.; including tags and added notes by Arkley at pp.7, 56 (on sponging), and 62 ( stippling).

[124]      Cummings, Paul. 20th-century Drawings from the Whitney Museum of American Art. Washington, 1987 [exh.cat; inscribed by AB]

[125]      # * Deken, Joseph. Computer Images: State of the Art. London: Thames & Hudson, 1983 [HAA 10.3.i.71]: signed on flyleaf: HARKLEY; p.53: image includes additional cut-out sections taped in; p.57/58: part of seismic image clipped; pp.70/71: marker inserted; p.75/76: part of page clipped, and p.76 tagged (city image): pp.80/81 tagged; p.90/91 tagged (domino/microchip images); p.92/93 tagged (further computer imagery); p.102/103 tagged (renderings of city buildings by Michael Collery); p.161 tagged (images of streets with traffic)

[126]      #  Designer’s Guide to Color, 5 vols., Angus & Robertson Australia, 1984-92 [HAA s.10.3.iii.10]: first publ.in Japan, 1983-90; paint-spattered copies; vol.1 inscribed ‘H.Arkley’

[127]      # * Dokumenta 6 Kassel: Malerei Plastik Perfomance. Kassel, 1977 (Band 1) [HAA 10.3.i.72]: inscribed on p.1: “E.Gower 77”; catalogue includes Bacon, Johns, Close, Morley etc.; p.123/24 removed

[128]      Dolloff, Francis, & Perkinson, Roy. How to Care for Works on Paper. Boston: Mus.of Fine Arts, 1985 (booklet)

[129]      Ennis, Helen (& others). Photography – 150 Years 1839-1989, NGA, 1989

[130]      #  * Ex Libris 6 – Constructivism and Futurism: Russian & other. New York: Ex Libris, 1977 [HAA 10.3.i.73]: inscribed on flyleaf: “HA 77”; detailed, illustrated rare book catalogue (art / architecture): cat.nos.44ff. and 237ff.tagged

[131]      Fineberg, Jonathan. Art Since 1940: Strategies of Being, London: Laurence King, 1995

[132]      #  Forman, Bedrich. Indonesian Batik & Ikat. London: Hamlyn, 1988 [HAA 10.3.i.74]

[133]      # * Franke, Herbert. Computer Graphics – Computer Art, rev.edn., Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1985 [HAA 10.3.i.75]; ex VCA lib. copy, first publ.1971; various pages tagged or marked: p.35 tagged (linear pattern made up of curves); p.51 heads; p.58: NB computer image of elephant altered by Arkley with added black fibre-tipped pen and circular blue “eyes” (and p.59, opposite, tagged); p.73: digitally altered colour photo tagged; p.77: computer patterns: page tagged; pp.102-103 marked/tagged: line-drawings of figures in aeroplanes; p.104 tagged: digitally altered line-drawing of human head    

[134]      #  German Expressionism. Sydney: Art Gallery of NSW Education Services, [n.d.] (c.1990?) [HAA 10.3.i.76]: brochure

[135]      #  Greenberg, David (& others). Big Art: Megamurals and Supergraphics. Philadelphia: Running Press, 1977 [HAA 10.3.i.77]: inscribed “Elizabeth Gower”; unmarked but also of obvious interest to Arkley

[136]      Healy, Robyn, & Michael Lloyd, From Studio to Stage: Costumes and Designs from the Russian Ballet in the Australian National Gallery, NGA, 1990

[137]      #  * Heck, J.G., The Complete Encyclopedia of Illustration, NY: Park Lane, 1979 [HAA 10.3.iii.17]: marked by Arkley at pls.54 (“Must photocopy Leaves, Plants Trees etc.”), 139/40 (anatomical images), 268-9 (armour), 282-3 (armour), 481-2 (machinery)

[138]      Honnef, Klaus, & others. Back to the USA: Amerikanische Kunst der Siebziger und Achtziger, Cologne & Bonn, 1983 [AB]

[139]      Honnef, Klaus. Contemporary Art. Cologne: Taschen, 1992 [AB]: NB section pp.87ff.on “Irony-Travesty-Clownish Antics” (Chia etc.)

[140]      #  * Horemis, Spyros. Optical & Geometrical Patterns & Designs. New York: Dover, 1970  [HAA 10.2.i.38]: inscribed inside: “Arkley”; NB several pages clipped, cut out, tagged

[141]      #  Horemis, Spyros. Geometrical Design Coloring Book: 46 original designs. New York: Dover, 1973 [HAA 10.1.9]

[142]      #  * Horemis, Spyros. Visual Illusions Colouring Book: 31 original designs. New York: Dover, 1988 [HAA 10.1.23]: several pages ticked, others clipped or slightly modified with black fibre-tipped pen amendments; and some additional images inserted on loose sheets

[143]      Hunter, Sam, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. NY: Abrams/MOMA, 1990 [AB]: 1st publ.1984; tagged at pp.132/3 (Arp) & 236/7 (Indiana)

[144]      #  Icons of the Russian Church. Melbourne: University Gallery, 1988 [HAA 10.3.i.78]: exh.cat. by Margaret Riddle & others; inc.page with medieval MS illustrations loose at back

[145]      Illing, Richard. Japanese Prints. London: Phaidon, 1976 [ex Moorabbin TAFE lib.] [AB]

[146]      Imperial Austria: Treasures of art, arms and armour from the State of Styria. Art Exhibitions Australia, 1998 [exh.cat., NGV etc.]

[147]      #  Kozloff, Max (intro.). Real Faces: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1988 [HAA 10.3.i.79]: pamphlet: photos by Bill Burke etc.; text underlined extensively (not by Arkley?)

[148]      Lanier, Graham. The Spontaneous Gesture: Prints and Books of the Abstract Expressionist Era. Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, 1987 (exh.cat.)

[149]      #  * Legeza, Laszlo. Tao Magic: The Chinese Art of the Occult. New York: Pantheon Books, 1975 [HAA 10.3.i.80]: NB pencil underlining on p.27 re colour symbolism; text on p.29 also circled in pencil (“vortex”, “spiral”)

[150]      Livingstone, Marco. Pop Art: a continuing history. New York: Abrams, 1990 [AB]: signed by AB; major vol. extending the history into the 1970s & 80s

[151]      Lucie-Smith, Edward. Art of the 1930s: the Age of Anxiety. New York: Rizzoli, 1985

[152]      #  MA: Space-Time in Japan. Cooper-Hewitt Museum, n.d. (c.1978?) [HAA 10.3.i.81]: texts by Shuzio Takiguchi et al.

[153]      McKillip, Rebecca. Celtic Designs. Owing Hills, Maryland: Stemmen, 1981: inscribed by Arkley; acquired June 1999

[154]      Masterpieces from the Hermitage Leningrad – Western European Art of the 15th-20th centuries. ICC Aust., 1988 (exh.cat.; shown at NGV)

[154]      Meisel, Louis. Photorealism. New York: Abrams, 1989 [AB]: 1st publ.1980; major survey

[156]        Mogelon, Alex, & Norman Laliberte, Art in Boxes, N.Y.: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1974 (ex Prahran CAE lib.copy); large-format, heavily illust.in B&W; a favourite ref.of Arkley’s, according to Alison Burton

[157]      #  Molnar, George, Statues, Plymouth, 1954 [HAA 10.3.i.82]: cartoons (cf.Arkley’s 1970s examples?)

[158]      #  * Moore, David. Melanesian Art in the Australian Museum. Sydney: Aust.Museum, 1968 [HAA 10.3.i.83]: several images clipped/removed and p.31 doodled

[159]      # 1968. National Gallery of Australia, 1995 [HAA 10.3.iii.21]: catalogue featuring Martin Sharp, etc. (texts by Michael Desmond & Christine Dixon); tagged at p.51: images by Dale Hickey & 0thers

[160]      #  New Art at the Tate Gallery, London, 1983 [HAA 10.3.i.84]: inscribed by HA; exh.cat., text by Michael Compton: Chia etc.; also inc.furniture pieces by Scott Burton; pp.10/11 mostly removed

[161]      Newton, Charles. Photography in Printmaking, London: V&A, 1979: Allen Jones etc.

[162]      #  Open University. The Emerging of Modern Art in the Early Twentieth Century (Open University Arts booklet, unit 6), 1976 [HAA 10.3.i.85]: text by Aaron Scharf; unmarked but page 21/2 removed (Magritte)

[163]      Osterwold, Tilman. Pop Art. Cologne: Taschen, 1990

[164]      #  Paris New York, Paris: Pompidou Centre, 1977 [HAA 10.3.i.86]: large format brochure, notes by Daniel Abadie et al.; exh.seen by Arkley in Paris 1977; image clipped from sec.26-27 (Fluxus?)

[165]      #  * Parola, Rene. Optical Art: Theory and Practice. NY: Reinhold Book Co., 1969 [HAA 10.3.i.87]: inscribed ‘Howard Arkley. 1992. / Please Return’ [ex Camberwell library (cancelled)]; NB several pp.marked, clipped (e.g.81/82), altered (e.g.44); exs.by Riley, Vasarely etc.; NB esp.ch.5: “Color in Op” (pp.113ff.), and comment p.125 re blurred edges heightening optical effects (re 1963 ex.by W.Fangor in MOMA); also some loose photocopied optical patterns inserted passim

[166]      Pericot Garcia, L., & others. Prehistoric & Primitive Art. London: Thames & Hudson, 1969 (in series “Great Epochs of Art”) [ex Prahran CAE lib.]: Africa, Oceania etc.

[167]      #  Photorealism: Paintings, Sculpture and Prints from the Ludwig Collection and others. London: Serpentine Gallery, 1973 [HAA 10.3.i.88] [exh.cat.; intro.Lawrence Alloway; insc.“Gower” p.1]

[168]      #  * Pop Art USA-UK: American & British Artists of the ‘60s into the ‘80s. Tokyo, 1987 [HAA s.10.3.iii.24]: exh.cat., texts by Lawrence Alloway et al. NB several pp.marked by HA: pp.41 (cat.4: Allan d’Arcangelo, Marilyn 1962), 48 (cat.9: Robert Indiana, Norma Jean 1967), 65 (cat.21: Ruscha Dimple 1964), 75 (cat.29: John  Wesley, Peacocks 1962), 80 (cat.33: Wesselmann metal & enamel still life 1987, with note: “Idea. Develop loose gestral [sic] lines into spray gestures. Must try”; p.80/81 also clipped

[169]      Praz, Mario, An Illustrated History of Interior Decoration [1964], London: Thames & Hudson, 1994 (pbk ed.)

[170]      #  Prints. Art Gallery of Ontario, 1975 [HAA 10.3.i.89]: exh.cat., 18 Dec.1975-18 Jan.1976: inscribed on p.1: “H.Arkley 77”:  Agnes Martin, Sol Le Witt etc. etc.

[171]      #  * Proulx, Michel. Electric Art. Toronto: Oxford UP, 1977 [HAA 10.3.i.90]: short pictorial survey of neon art; a few pp.tagged (28, 47-48, 52); Melbourne Skipping Girl sign image also inserted (loose)

[172]      Radice, Barbara. Memphis: Research, experiences, results, failures and successes of new design. London: Thames & Hudson, 1985.

[173]      Read, Herbert. Contemporary British Art [1951]. rev.ed., Pelican, 1964 [2/H copy, unmarked

[174]      Rembrandt to Renoir: European Masterpieces from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. ANG/NGA, 1992 (shown at the NGV 19 Feb.-10 May 1993)

[175]      #  Richard, Nelly (ed.), Art from Latin America, Sydney: MCA, 1993 [HAA 10.3.iii.20]: including works by Juan Davila, and inscribed inside: “to Howard, Best Regards, Juan, July 1993”

[176]      Richards, J.M. The Castles on the Ground: the Anatomy of Suburbia. [1946]. rev.edn, London: John Murray, 1973 [illustrated by John Piper]: architectural study

[177]      #  Richter, Hans. Dada: art and anti-art. New York: Abrams, 1964 [HAA s.10.3.iii.25]: inscribed by Arkley

[178]      Rosenthal, Mark. Artists at Gemini G.E.L. New York: Abrams, 1992 [exh.cat.]: large-format book in good condition, inc. Johns, Lichtenstein, Morley etc.; photocopies of several Lichtenstein interiors inserted at relevant section, pp.90ff.: NB also photo of Lichtenstein in 1983 wearing a mask made from 1 of his pictures (p.91)

[179]      #  Sato, Kazuko. Alchimia: Italienisches Design der Gegenwart/Contemporary Italian Design. Berlin: Taco, 1988 [HAA s.10.3.iii.29] (trans.from Japanese)

[180]      # *  Sculpture of Black Africa: the Paul Tishman Collection. LA, 1968 / Int.Exhibitions Foundation 1970-1 [HAA 10.3.i.91] [ex library copy; title page removed]; NB several pages missing at front & various ills. marked with purple post-it stickers: p.36 tagged (opposite Senufo figure p.37); pp.40 and 42 tagged; p.47 tagged (mask image);  p.80 tagged (opposite Yoruba mask p.81); p.85 tagged (Ibo Dance crest); p.92 tagged (opposite Tikar/Bangwa figure p.93); p.102 tagged; p.136 tagged (opposite Luba figure p.137)

[181]      #  Sextant: Six artistes suédois contemporains Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1981 [HAA 10.3.i.92]: ex Prahran CAE lib. copy; NB 70s diagrammatic drawings by Kjell Ohlin clipped]

[182]      Shulman, Julius. Architecture and its photography. Cologne: Taschen, 1998

[183]      Smith, Bradley. Erotic Art of the Masters; the 18th, 19th & 20th centuries. New York: Erotic Book Society, n.d {1970s?} [AB]

[184]      #  * Smithson, Alison & Peter. The Heroic Period of Modern Architecture. London: Thames & Hudson, 1981 [HAA 10.3.i.93]: tagged at pp.10 (Rietveld chair), 19 (Reitveld house 1923), 71 (1922 van Doesburg plates in colour)

[185]      #  The Smorgon Family Collection of Contemporary American Art. Javan Corporation, 1985 [HAA 10.3.i.94]: Schnabel etc.; unmarked

[186]      #  Spinhoven, Co. Celtic Stencil Designs. New York: Dover, 1990 [HAA s.10.3.iii.30]: bought in Ireland 1999; unmarked

[187]      #  * Spring, Christopher. African Textiles. London: Bracken Books, 1989 [HAA 10.3.i.95]: large-format colour plates; originals in B.Mus.; NB part of p.7 cut (blue/black Nigerian cloth)

[188]      #  * Staccioli, Sara (ed.), The Borghese Museum, Rome: Guide Arno e Tevere, 1982 [HAA 10.3.i.96]: tagged inside back cover (for image of grotesques opposite?)

[189]      #  Sullivan, Edward. The Book of Kells. London: Studio, 1986 [HAA s.10.3 (iii).33]: reprint of 1920 book; gift to Arkley from his mother Gwen & step-father Frank, Christmas 1995 (inscription)

[190]      #  Systems. Arts Council, 1972-3 [HAA 10.3.i.97]: exh.cat., intro. by Stephen Bann; serial works by early 70s British artists, probably of interest to Arkley in the mid 70s

[191]      Szeeman, Harald, & Cecilia Liveriero Lavelli (eds.), La Biennale di Venezia #48 (English ed.). Venice: Marsilio, 2 vols., 1999 [AB]: NB Vol.1, pp.6-9 covers Arkley (Tim Morrell)

[192]      #  Tate Gallery Liverpool: Events Summer 1986 [HAA 10.3.i.98]: Steven Campbell et al.

[193]      #  Taubes, Frederic. Pen and ink drawing, New York: Brosset & Dunlap, 1978 [HAA 10.3.i.99]: first publ.1962

[194]      #  Taylor, Paul. After Andy: SoHo in the Eighties. Melbourne: Schwartz City, 1995 [HAA s.10.3 (iii).34]: collected writings by Taylor

[195]      #  Thévoz, Michel. Art Brut. Geneva: Skira, 1995 [HAA s.10.3.iii.35]

[196]      #  * Tombs Curtis, Seng-Gye, & Christopher Hunt. The Airbrush Book: art, history & technique, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1980 [HAA 10.3.i.67]: ex Brunswick public library copy; pages removed/clipped: pp.47-64 removed (from “Gallery” section of colour plates); pp.95-100 removed (from ch.5: “Simple Techniques”) – pp.103-4 missing (from ch.6: “Advanced Techniques”); p.135/36: part of page clipped

[197]      Trendall, A.D. Greek Vases in the National Gallery of Victoria, NGV 1983 [1978]

[198]      Varnedoe, Kirk, & Gopnik, Adam. High and Low: Modern Art and Popular Culture. New York: MOMA, 1990 [AB]: including  Rosenquist’s F-111, pp.366ff. (fold-out); and Koons etc.at the end

[199]      #  Vorticism and its allies. Arts Council, 1974 [HAA 10.3.i.100] [cat.of exh., 27 March-2 June 1974; inscribed “Arkley 77”; paint-spattered but not marked/clipped; interesting comparisons for HA’s work in late 70s, e.g. Roger Fry textile p.51

[200]      # *  Wade, David. Pattern in Islamic Art. London: Studio Vista, 1976 [HAA 10.3.iii.37]: NB includes source for Arkley’s Metallic (1981): see discussion in Carnival in Suburbia; pp.23/24 torn out; also “off” patterns e.g.p.103 (and how to do them, e.g.p.98)

[201]      Warncke, Carsten-Peter. The Ideal as Art: De Stijl 1917-1931. Cologne: Taschen, 1991 [AB]: several pages tagged: Reitveld’s Schröder House interior 1924 [renovated after 1985]: p.141 (colour), and NB zig-zag chair traced by HA in photo of ground floor on p.139; & van Doesburg interior renderings (1924 etc.), pp.170-71, Red/blue chair (1918-23) p.121

[202]      #  Wolfe, Art. Tribes. London: Thames & Hudson, 1997 [HAA 10.3.iii.38]: ethnographic photos; gift to Arkley from Anna Waldmann, Australia Council, April 1989, ahead of Venice Biennale exhibition (letter inserted)