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 File — Box: MS F BOX 4437-4441

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64. *10e Biennale de Paris, 1977 (exh.cat.: Kiefer etc.) [inscribed: E Gower 77] Inscribed on flyleaf: “E.Gower 77”; extensive catalogue - includes Kiefer, Mike Parr etc.; intact, except for page noted below; - p.223/24 torn out

65. 20th-century American Art: Highlights of the Permanent Collection. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1981

66. *AIGA Graphic Design USA: 1 (The Annual of the American Institute of Graphic Arts) [n.d.] [Prahran CAE lib.copy]; intact apart from pages noted below - pp.287-90: clipped/removed

67. *The Airbrush Book: art, history & technique, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1980 (text by Seng-Gye Tombs Curtis & Christopher Hunt). [ex Brunswick public library copy (withdrawn)]; pages removed/clipped as noted below - pp.47-64 removed (from “Gallery” section of colour plates) - pp.95-100 removed (from ch.5: “Simple Techniques”) - pp.103-4 missing (from ch.6: “Advanced Techniques”) - p.135/36: part of page clipped

68. American Mastery: Eight Artists in the Permanent Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art [n.d.] (1987?) (Calder, Stuart Davis etc.) - small booklet; Alexander Calder, Stuart Davis etc.; back cover missing, otherwise intact

69. Art et Publicité. Paris: Pompidou Centre, 1990 Colour booklet to accompany exh. at Pompidou 1 Nov.1990-25 Feb.1991

70. Blickfelder 81: Malerei in Frankreich heute / Champs visuel 81: Peinture en France aujourd’hui. Bielefeld & Mannheim, 1981 (exh.cat.). [ex Prahran CAE lib.copy (withdrawn)]

71. *Deken, Joseph. Computer Images: State of the Art. London: Thames & Hudson, 1983. Signed on flyleaf: HARKLEY; - p.53: image includes additional cut-out sections taped in - p.57/58: part of image clipped - pp/70/71: marker inserted - p.75/76: part of page clipped, and p.76 tagged (city image) - pp.80/81: marker inserted - pp.90/91: marker inserted (domino/microchip images) - pp.92/93: marker inserted (further computer imagery) - pp.102/103: marker inserted (renderings of city buildings by Michael Collery) - p.161 tagged (images of streets with traffic)

72. *Dokumenta 6 Kassel: Malerei Plastik Perfomance. Kassel, 1977 (Band 1). 323 pp.; inscribed on p.1: “E.Gower 77”; cat.includes Bacon, Johns, Close, Morley etc. - p.123/24 removed

73. *Ex Libris 6 – Constructivism and Futurism: Russian & other. New York: Ex Libris, 1977. inscribed on flyleaf: “HA 77”; detailed, illustrated rare book catalogue (art/architecture) - cat.nos.44ff.: marked - cat.nos.237ff.: marked

74. Forman, Bedrich. Indonesian Batik & Ikat. London: Hamlyn, 1988. 75. * Franke, Herbert. Computer Graphics – Computer Art. [1971] rev.edn., Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1985. [ex VCA lib. copy]; various pages tagged or marked as noted below: - p.35 tagged (linear pattern made up of curves) - p.58: NB computer image of elephant altered by Arkley with added black fibre-tipped pen and circular blue “eyes” (and p.59, opposite, tagged) - p.73: digitally altered colour photo tagged - p.77: computer patterns: page tagged - pp.102/103 marked: line-drawings of figures in aeroplanes (also tagged p.103) - p.104 tagged: digitally altered line-drawing of human head

76. German Expressionism. Sydney: Art Gallery of NSW Education Services, [n.d.] (c.1990?) Brochure with loose sheets in folder

77. * Greenberg, David (& others). Big Art: Megamurals and Supergraphics. Philadelphia: Running Press, 1977. Inscribed on title page: “Elizabeth Gower”; unmarked but of obvious interest to Arkley

78. Icons of the Russian Church. Melbourne: University Gallery, 1988. (exh.cat., cur.M.Riddle et al.) Exhibition catalogue by Margaret Riddle & others; includes, loose at back, page with medieval manuscript illustrations

79. * Kozloff, Max (intro.). Real Faces: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1988 Pamphlet: photos by Bill Burke etc.; the text is underlined extensively in black pen (not by Arkley?)

80. * Legeza, Laszlo. Tao Magic: The Chinese Art of the Occult. New York: Pantheon Books, 1975. Intact but with pencil markings in text as noted: - p.27: comments on Chinese colour symbolism underlined in pencil - p.29: works “vortex” and “spiral” circled in pencil

81. MA: Space-Time in Japan. Cooper-Hewitt Museum, n.d. [c.1978?] (texts by Shuzio Takiguchi et al.) Exhibition catalogue;

82. Molnar, George, Statues, Plymouth: The Bowering Press, 1954. Second-hand copy; cartoons of sculptures

83. * Moore, David. Melanesian Art in the Australian Museum. Sydney: Aust.Museum, 1968. Several pages clipped or torn out, and doodles added on p.31 (see below); - p.3/4 removed - pp.9-14 removed - p.15/16 clipped - p.17/18 removed - p.19/20 clipped - p.23/24 clipped - p.31: NB doodles added by Arkley in black fibre-tipped pen (2 separate images) - p.33/34 removed - p.35/36: two images clipped - p.37/38: image clipped (and traces of black texta doodle p.38) - pp.39-42 removed - p.43/44: clipped - p.51/52: clipped - p.59/60: two images clipped

84. * New Art at the Tate Gallery 1983, London: Tate, 1983 (text by Michael Compton). Exhibition catalogue; inscribed on flyleaf: “H.ARKLEY”; - p.10/11: most of page removed

85. * Open University. The Emerging of Modern Art in the Early Twentieth Century (Open University Arts booklet, unit 6; prepared by Aaron Scharf) 1976 Booklet; price of 2.60 on flyleaf (£?); no markings but page removed: - p.21/22 torn out (Magritte image p.21) #

86. * Paris New York. Paris: Pompidou Centre, 1977. Large-format brochure to accompany exh.; notes by Daniel Abadie et al; seen by Arkley in Paris in 1977? - image clipped from sec.26/27 (Fluxus/Pop = ?)

87. * Parola, Rene. Optical Art: Theory and Practice. New York: Reinhold Book Co., 1969. [ex Camberwell-Waverley library copy (cancelled)]; inscribed on flyleaf: “Howard Arkley. 1992. Please Return”; examples by Riley, Vasarely etc.; NB esp.ch.5: “Color in Op” (pp.113ff.); also some loose photocopied optical patterns inserted passim; various pages here clipped or altered, as noted below - p.44: black and white image altered by pasted-in woven pattern from another source # - p.54: pattern from another source pasted below colour plate - p.55: text asterisked in pencil (reference to 1953 Scientific American article on moiré patterning) – above Fig.3-28: black and white moiré pattern - p.81/82: image clipped - p.125: reproduction of 1963 painting by William Fangor with caption noting “blurred edges heighten the contrast”

88. * Photorealism: Paintings, Sculpture and Prints from the Ludwig Collection and others. London: Serpentine Gallery, 1973. - Exhibition catalogue (intro.Lawrence Alloway). Inscribed on flyleaf: “Gower”. Richard McLean’s Rustler Charger (1971) on cover

89.* Prints. Art Gallery of Ontario, 1975. Exhibition catalogue, 18 Dec.1975-18 Jan.1976.; inscribed on flyleaf: “H.Arkley.77”

90. * Proulx, Michel. Electric Art. Toronto: Oxford UP, 1977. Short pictorial survey of neon art; well-used book, several pages tagged (see details below) - Melbourne Skipping Girl neon sign photo (clipping) inserted loose at front - no.28 tagged (St Louis dry cleaner’s sign) - nos.47-48 tagged (roses from flower shops in Calgary and Chicago) - no.52 tagged (cowboy from Las Vegas casino)

91. * Sculpture of Black Africa: the Paul Tishman Collection. [Los Angeles, 1968/International Exhibitions Foundation, 1970-71] [ex Prahran CAE library copy; title page removed]; various ills. marked with purple post-it stickers: - p.36 tagged (opposite Senufo figure p.37) - p.40 tagged - p.42 tagged - p.47 tagged (mask image) - p.80 tagged (opposite Yoruba mask p.81) - p.85 tagged (Ibo Dance crest: details p.86) - p.92 tagged (opposite Tikar/Bangwa figure p.93) - p.102 tagged - p.136 tagged (opposite Luba figure p.137)

92. * Sextant: Six artistes suédois contemporains. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1981. [ex Prahran CAE library copy (withdrawn)]; - p.79: late 1970s diagrammatic drawings by Kjell Ohlin clipped {JG: tried to compare copy supposedly in Monash Uni.library – missing}

93. * Smithson, Alison & Peter. The Heroic Period of Modern Architecture. London: Thames & Hudson, 1981. Bought at Cosmos $14.95 (unclear when purchased); the book is intact, but several pages are tagged: - pp.19 (Reitveld house 1923, B&W) and 71 (van Doesburg: colour) tagged

94. The Smorgon Family Collection of Contemporary American Art. Javan Corporation [USA?], 1985. Catalogue (Basquiat etc) {NB not held in other Victorian libraries, apparently}

95. * Spring, Christopher. African Textiles. London: Bracken Books, 1989. Large-format, mostly plates - p.7: clipped (part of blue/black Nigerian cloth pattern)

96. * Staccioli, Sara (ed.), The Borghese Museum, Rome: Guide Arno e Tevere, 1982.

97. * Systems. London: Arts Council, 1972 Exhibition catalogue; intro.text by Stephen Bann. Original cover missing. p.17: a few pencil marks (presumably a response to Richard Allen images reproduced pp.16-17) 98. Tate Gallery Liverpool: Events Summer 1986 [Steven Campbell & others].

99. Taubes, Frederic. Pen and ink drawing [1962]. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1978.

100. * Vorticism and its allies. London: Arts Council, 1974. Exhibition catalogue (Hayward Gallery, London, 27 March-2 June 1974). Inscribed on flyleaf: “Arkley 77”; paint-spattered cover.

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