Arch Cuthbertson was committed to Australian modernism. Across his fruitful career, he worked between cubism, hard-edge and abstract expressionism, producing imagery that was in conversation with art at large. One critic described his approach as like old-time jazz, an energetic and fresh jive with form, colour and texture.

‘Untitled (Reaching Upwards)’ teeters at the brink of abstraction. From shards of smoky colour, seemingly abstract, emerges a figure with his arm raised. Inspired by the Victorian region, Cuthbertson was continuously searching for the figure in the landscape, in turn playing with the division between abstraction and figuration.

A revered artist, Cuthbertson was also a devoted art educator and closed his career as a Senior Lecturer in art at Deakin University. A friend of Leonard French and Roger Kemp, his work is collectable and distinct, represented across public collections including at the National Gallery of Victoria and the Art Gallery of South Australia. Whether you are an existing collector of Cuthbertson or an explorer of modernism, this work is a revelation.

Arch CUTHBERTSON (1924 - 2001)
'Untitled (Reaching Upwards)'
mixed media on paper
Image Size: 76 x 58 cm
Dimensions: 76 x 58 cm
Signed: signed 'Cuthbertson' L.R
Comes with Letter of Provenance

Condition is Very Good: Describes a work of art's image as excellent, but may show some small signs of surrounding wear to the paper. There is no disruption to the paint surface.

(c) The Artist or Assignee

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