Howard Arkley: Exhibition and Sale of 40 Paintings’, Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne, Feb.2002
“Howard Arkley: Exhibition & Sale of 40 Paintings”, Metro 5 Gallery, 1214 High Street, Armadale, 6-24 February 2002
This exhibition, accompanied by a brochure with an essay by David Thomas, and a check-list with prices, included a wide range of works by and attributed to Arkley. Cat.nos.18-39 were actually works on paper. Other works not listed in the check-list were also offered for sale by the gallery at the time and are listed separately below. It should be emphasized that a number of the works shown at the time are not listed below, as they appear to lack adequate provenance information, and hence are not included in the present catalogue.
- 2. Freeway Overpass 1996 ($240,000) = Freeway (Exit) 1995 (subsequently auctioned by Sotheby’s, Melb., 19 Sept.2005)
- 3. Dining in a Glow 1993 ($240,000) (previously auctioned by Deutscher-Menzies, Melb., 3-4 May 2000)
- 5. Flash Villa 1995 ($166,500)
- 6. Room with Pink Chair 1998 ($200,000)
- 9. Tudor House 1987 ($155,000)
- 11. Psychedelic Head (1990) ($135,000)
- 12. Second Psychedelic Head (1992) ($135,000)
- 13. Corner House 1994 ($130,000): now identified as Brand New Villa 1994
- 15. Figurative 1981 ($80,000): apparently = Figurative 1981, as first shown in HA Tolarno 7/81
- 16. Winds of War Graffiti 1983 ($80,000)
- 17. Brick Veneer with Feature Window 1988 ($120,000)
- 18. Ketoacidosis and Head (1995) [W/P] ($45,000)
- 19. Cartographer (After Durer) 1993 ($45,000): possibly = Cartographer (After Durer) (1995) [W/P]
- 20. Zappo 1984 ($44,000): possibly = Zappo (Cityscape mural) 1984 [W/P]
- 25-34. Untitled heads [1-10] 1998 [W/P] ($15,000 each)
- 35. Four Studies 1983 ($12,000): presumably = Untitled (‘Four Studies’) (1983) [W/P]
- 36. The Triffids 1985 ($7,000): presumably a copy of The Triffids [poster] 1985 [W/P]
- 37-39. Three Studies for White Paintings nos. B, D and G 1976 ($3,500 each): for no.38, see Study for White Painting #D 1975 [W/P]; the other two are not certainly identified
- 40. Fast (1986) (not for sale)
ID photos from the Metro 5 archive (copies forwarded by Paul Auckett, Sept.2026) also identify several further works apparently offered for sale by the gallery at the time of this exhibition, but not included in the check-list (again, only works with a verifiable provenance are listed here):