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Box MS F BOX 4263

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Large-format exercise book, circa 1979-circa 1982

 Item — Box: MS F BOX 4263
Identifier(s): MS14217/3/13
Scope and contents

Contains Howard Arkley’s draft biography to date; (pp.1, 3 and 5); sketches of furniture, (p. 41); clothing and various 3D forms (pp. 6 ff.); sketches relating to Tram no.384 (1980) and Table (1980); and various notes, including a draft of his artist’s statement for his 1979 Tolarno exhibition.

Dates: circa 1979-circa 1982
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / MS 14217, Howard Arkley archive / Series 3: Visual diaries

School exercise book, circa 1982-circa 1983

 Item — Box: MS F BOX 4263
Identifier(s): MS14217/3/14
Scope and contents

Contains mostly notes, some drawings and includes lists of titles, some related to music, (including ‘Style Wars’ and ‘Hiphop style’) for the Torlano exhibition (p. 8 ff.); notes and sketches related to the paintings Suburban Exterior (1983) and Tennis (1983) - p. 8; back cover covered in impasto paint.

Dates: circa 1982-circa 1983
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / MS 14217, Howard Arkley archive / Series 3: Visual diaries

School exercise book, 1982

 Item — Box: MS F BOX 4263
Identifier(s): MS14217/3/15
Scope and contents

Includes lists of titles, planning notes for paintings and other possible titles, for example ‘Self Portrait with Head dress as Nth American Indian’; also includes notes on Dubuffet and other artists; one newspaper clipping about Elvis Presley (p.6); some sketches.

Dates: 1982
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / MS 14217, Howard Arkley archive / Series 3: Visual diaries

School exercise book, 1983 January

 Item — Box: MS F BOX 4263
Identifier(s): MS14217/3/16
Scope and contents Includes lists of ideas, schemes and planning notes for paintings and exhibitions; notes for paintings using maps for example ‘Map from Frank’ ie. Arkley’s step-father which influenced the painting Cartographer (After Durer), (1983); wallpaper; ‘House plan, plan elevation (etc.) all in one painting’, and notes on ‘major piece suburban living’; a list of ‘Titles Syd [ie. Sydney] show’ (presumably for Howard Arkley, Roslyn Oxley9, July 1983); p. 19 contains a taped-in note regarding “major...
Dates: 1983 January
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / MS 14217, Howard Arkley archive / Series 3: Visual diaries

School exercise book with maroon cover, 1984 January

 Item — Box: MS F BOX 4263
Identifier(s): MS14217/3/17
Scope and contents

Includes notes on ideas for titles of paintings, ideas for cacti and succulent series of paintings (exhibited at Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, May 1984), list of painting for 1982 [taped in on p. 7], and some illustrations and sketches.

Dates: 1984 January
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / MS 14217, Howard Arkley archive / Series 3: Visual diaries

Recycled 1981 ‘Pencraft’ diary, 1984 January

 Item — Box: MS F BOX 4263
Identifier(s): MS14217/3/18
Scope and contents

Includes notes and plans for paper suits and dresses (p. 11 ff.); note on p. 35 (for Friday 7 August 1981): 19 Final pay / John McCaughey / Prize; portrait of John Nixon and fashion show (planned for 1984) notes (p. 5-7); notes on Tony Clark (p.9); list of 5 artist friends to do portraits of.

Dates: 1984 January
Found in: Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria / MS 14217, Howard Arkley archive / Series 3: Visual diaries