Mauve across yellow
1968
Medium
synthetic polymer paint and marble dust on canvas
Measurements
183.8 × 244.1 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Margaret Plant through the Australian Government Cultural Gifts Program, 2019
© Peter Clarke/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Gallery 12
Level 2, NGV Australia
About this work
Peter Clarke’s work of the 1960s belongs to the strand of post-war abstract painting known as ‘matter painting’, whose most famous proponent was the Catalan artist Antoni Tàpies. Matter painting refers to the technique of using thick impasto paint into which other materials, such as sand, mud, cement and shells, are added. Clarke’s 1960s works incorporated such elements – including marble dust – to create dense and heavily textured surfaces.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.l.: P.CLARKE / ’68 / MAUVE ACROSS / YELLOW
inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse c.l.: C/O GALLERY A / 21 GIPPS ST. / PADDINGTON N.S.W. 202 / PHONE: 319720
inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse c.r.: ACRYLIC
inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse l.l.: MAUVE ACROSS YELLOW / P.CLARKE / 1968
Accession Number
2019.1076
Department
Australian Painting