The Icon Head 1997

Howard Arkley (1951-1999)

The Icon Head 1997

synthetic polymer paint on paper
76.0 x 56.0 cm

signed, dated and inscribed verso: TOP/ Name Howard Arkley/ Title Icon Head/ Date 1997/ Size 76.0 cm 56.0 cm/ Medium Acrylic on paper

bears inscription on backing verso: CAT 113/ "THE ICON HEAD"/ 1997/ Acrylic on Paper/ HOWARD ARKLEY

Provenance:

Acquired from the artist, private collection, Queensland, c1998

Menzies, Sydney, 13 September 2012, lot 91 (as Icon Head)

Private collection, Melbourne

 

Reference:

Gregory, J., 'The Icon Head 1997 [W/P],' Arkley Works [digital catalogue raisonné], accessed September 2022: https://www.arkleyworks.com/blog/2012/05/18/the-icon-head-1997-wp/ (illus.)

Related Works:

Self Portrait 1996, synthetic polymer paint on paper, 76.0 x 56.0 cm, private collection, Melbourne; exhibited in Howard Arkley: New Works, Bellas Gallery, Brisbane, 19 March - 9 April 1996, cat.1

Estimate: $20000 - 30000

Result Hammer: $30000