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Lot 17

HOWARD ARKLEY (1951-1999)
Nick Cave
digital giclée print, ed. 9/499
printed signature lower right
artist's estate embossment lower left
editioned lower left
92.5 x 71.5cm

Estimate $3,000 - $4,000

Sold for $4,600


Expressions Gallery, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne


"Howard Arkley and Nick Cave moved in overlapping circles in Melbourne in the late 1970s. One of the first two works commissioned by the Portrait Gallery, Arkley's painting of Cave was one of the last the artist completed before his death at the peak of his career. The portrait captures the punk mentality and attitude of both artist and sitter in Arkley's immaculately-finished, psychedelic and incandescent airbrush style."
(National Portrait Gallery, Canberra)

RELATED WORK:
Howard Arkley, Nick Cave 1999, synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 175.2 x 135.2cm, The Collection of the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra.

© The Estate of Howard Arkley. Licensed by Kalli Rolfe Contemporary Art

Prints & Multiples

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8691
6:00pm - 19 July 2023
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141

VIEWING
Friday 14 - Sunday 16 July, 10am - 4pm
4 University Place, Clayton VIC

CONTACT
Hannah Ryan
hannah.ryan@leonardjoel.com.au


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