Deluxe Setting 1992

Howard Arkley (1951-1999)

Deluxe Setting 1992

synthetic polymer paint on canvas
173.0 x 135.0 cm

signed, dated and inscribed verso: Name Howard ARKLEY/ Title. Deluxe Setting/ Size. 173cm x 135cm/ Medium. Acrylic on Canvas/ Date. 1992.

Provenance:

Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne, 1992

Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited:

Howard Arkley: Mix 'n' Match: A Series of Suburban Interiors, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne, 1 - 21 November 1992, cat.1 (illus. exhibition catalogue cover and exhibition opening invitation)

Australia: Familiar & Strange, Seoul Arts Centre, Korea, 1996

Claustrophobia, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, 6 June - 2 August 1998; Middlesbrough Art Gallery, Middlesbrough, 15 August - 10 October 1998; Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, 23 January - 14 March 199; Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, 27 March - 9 May 1999; Cartwright Hall, Bradford, 15 May - 8 August 1999; Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth, September - October 1999; Centre for Visual Arts, Cardiff, November 1999 - January 2000

Howard Arkley: The Retrospective, The Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 17 November 2006 - 25 February 2007

**A RECORD FOR THE ARTIST

Reference:

Gregory, J., Howard Arkley: Mix 'n' Match, Tolarno Galleries, 1992 (n.p.)

Rooney, R., 'Turning Suburbia Inside Out', The Weekend Australian (Review), 21/22 November 1992, p.11 (illus.)

Morrell, T., Australia: Familiar & Strange, Asialink Centre of the University of Melbourne, 1996, pp.13, 32 (illus. p.13)

Doherty, C., 'Home Beautiful', in Claustrophobia, Cornerhouse Publications, Manchester, 1998, p.25 (illus.)

Crawford, A., & Edgar, R., Spray, Fine Art Publishing, Sydney, 2001, p.111 (illus.)

Preston, E., Not Just a Suburban Boy, Duffy and Snellgrove, Sydney, 2002, p.189

Gregory, J., Carnival in Suburbia: The Art of Howard Arkley, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, 2006, pp.102,107, fig.3.17 (illus. book cover and p.102, fig.3.17)

Nelson, R., ‘Arkley, Not Just a Suburban Boy’, The Age, 22 November 2006, p.20 (illus.)

Smith, J., Suburban Dreams, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2006, exhibition catalogue (n.p.)

Howard Arkley, The Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 17 November 2006 - 25 February 2007, visitor audio guide with comments by Jason Smith and Kathy Temin

Gregory, J., 2010, , accessed 24 May 2019

Strickland, K., 'Matters of the Art', Sydney Morning Herald, 20 April 2013 (illus.)

Related Works:

Howard Arkley & Juan Davila, Blue Chip Instant Decorator: A Room 1991-92, synthetic polymer paint on canvas, wood, glass and found objects, 876.0 x 300.0 x 100.0 cm (overall), Benalla Art Gallery collection, Victoria, purchased with Benalla Art Gallery Acquisition Trust Funding, 1997

Estimate: $800000 - 1200000

Result Hammer: $1250000