HOWARD ARKLEY (1951-1999)
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HOWARD ARKLEY (1951-1999)

Soft Nouveau

细节
HOWARD ARKLEY (1951-1999)
Soft Nouveau
signed, dated and titled 'Soft Nouveau/Howard Arkley 78' (on the reverse); signed and dated 'H.Arkley.78' (on the stretcher)
acrylic on canvas
203.6 x 78.6 cm
The Estate of Howard Arkley
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出版
A Crawford & R Edgar, Spray - The Work of Howard Arkley, Sydney, 1998, illus. p. 27
注意事项
A 10% Goods and Services tax (G.S.T) will be charged on the Buyer's Premium on all lots in this sale.

拍品专文

"Arkley's 'work immediately after his overseas sojourn centred around functional objects and commercially reproduced art, with the feminist-inspired Pattern and Decoration movement being the prime influence during this period. These overarching concerns with the local landscape would remain throughout Arkley's career.

The transformation of flywire through memories of Parisian Art Nouveau was epitomised in such works as 'Soft Nouveau' (1979) and 'Secession' (1979). 'Secession's' edgu title adds sharpness to its essentially decorative patterning of abstracted and repeated wrought-iron whorls. The work gains an extraordinary complexity through its reversed loops and changes of direction. 'Soft Nouveau', on the other hand, abstracts and accentuates the arcs of Art Nouveau while being softened by carefully executed shading and tonal shift." (A.Crawford & R. Edgar, op.cit., p. 26-27)