Howard Arkley (1951 - 1999)

Neocummgii, 1984

also known as Stapelia-Peduncle
synthetic polymer paint on paper

55.0 x 76.0 cm (sheet)
82.0 x 107.0 cm (frame)

signed and dated lower left: Howard Arkley 85 [sic]
signed and dated verso: Howard Arkley / 1985 [sic]
signed, dated and inscribed on label verso: Howard Arkley / 1986 [sic] / Stapelia-peduncle

Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne (label attached verso)
Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 2 May 2000, lot 105 (as ‘Stapelia-Peduncle, 1986’)
Private collection, Queensland
Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 6 September 2016, lot 198 (as ‘The Stapelia Peduncle, 1986’)
Private collection, Melbourne
Menzies, Sydney, 29 November 2023, lot 89 (as ‘Stapelia-Peduncle, 1985’)
Private collection, Queensland

Howard Arkley: Cacti and Succulents, Roslyn Oxley9, Sydney, 10 – 26 May 1984, cat. 4

Crawford, A. and Edgar, R., Spray: The Work of Howard Arkley, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1997, p. 72
Howard Arkley Online Catalogue Raisonné: https://www.arkleyworks.com/blog/2009/11/19/neocummgii-1984-wp/ (accessed April 2025)