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Peter Booth born 1940 Painting, 1994
oil on canvas
36.0 x 56.0 cm
signed and dated verso: BOOTH 1994
Starting Bid: $14,000
ESTIMATE: $20,000 – 30,000
Provenance
Private collection, Melbourne, a gift from the artist Exhibited
Peter Booth: Small Paintings 1992 – 1995, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 15 June – 8 July 1995, cat. 30 (illus. in exhibition catalogue, p. 36, as ‘Russia I’)
On view Melbourne
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Peter Booth born 1940 Waterfall, 1992
oil on canvas
50.5 x 35.5 cm
signed and dated verso: BOOTH 1992
Starting Bid: $14,000
ESTIMATE: $20,000 – 30,000
Provenance
Private collection, Melbourne, a gift from the artist Exhibited
Peter Booth: Small Paintings 1992 – 1995, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, 15 June – 8 July 1995, cat. 1 (illus. in exhibition catalogue, p. 7)
Peter Booth, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria, 16 November 2022 –13 March 2023, cat. 16
Literature
Fitzpatrick, A., Peter Booth, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria, 2022, cat. 16, pp. 110 (illus.), 121
On view Melbourne
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Peter Booth born 1940
The strange tree, 1983
pastel on paper
65.0 x 100.0 cm
92.5 x 125.5 cm (frame)
Starting Bid: $6,000
ESTIMATE: $8,000 – 12,000
Provenance
Pinacotheca Gallery, Melbourne (label attached verso)
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, acquired from the above in February 1986
Exhibited
Peter Booth: Works on Paper 1963 – 1985, University Gallery, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 13 November – 13 December 1985, cat. 138
Annette Larkin Fine Art at Sydney Contemporary 2022, Carriageworks, Sydney, 7 – 11 September 2022 (label attached verso)
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On view Melbourne
Peter Booth born 1940
Untitled (for Angelika), 1972
synthetic polymer paint on paper
78.0 x 57.5 cm (sheet)
85.5 x 65.0 cm (frame)
signed and dated lower right: PETER BOOTH / 1972 inscribed lower left: FOR ANGELIKA
Starting Bid: $6,000
ESTIMATE: $8,000 – 12,000
Provenance
Yuill | Crowley Gallery, Sydney (label attached verso)
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, acquired from the above in August 1988
Exhibited
A Century of Collecting 1901 – 2001, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, 29 March – 28 April 2001, cat. 29
Annette Larkin Fine Art at Sydney Contemporary 2022, Carriageworks, Sydney, 7 – 11 September 2022 (label attached verso)
On view Melbourne
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Noel McKenna born 1956 Untitled (Blue series), 2001
enamel and synthetic polymer paint on plywood in artist’s handmade frame
25.5 x 76.5 cm
signed and dated lower left: N. McKENNA 01 signed, dated and inscribed with title verso: Noel McKenna / Untitled (Blue Series) 2001
Starting Bid: $5,000
ESTIMATE: $7,000 – 9,000
Provenance
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Melbourne, acquired directly from the artist in April 2001
Related Work
Blue series (2 homes), 2001, enamel on canvas board, 38.0 x 75.0 cm, private collection, Adelaide, illus. in Revealed: inside the private collections of South Australia, Samstag Museum, Adelaide, 2012, n.p.
On view Melbourne
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Noel McKenna born 1956 Schoolgirl, 1992
oil on plywood
35.5 x 52.5 cm
46.0 x 63.5 (frame)
signed and dated lower left: N. McKENNA 92
signed and dated verso: N. McKenna 92
Starting Bid: $4,800
ESTIMATE: $6,000 – 8,000
Provenance
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne (label attached verso)
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Melbourne, acquired from the above in October 1992
Exhibited
Noel McKenna: paintings and prints, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 22 September – 10 October 1992, cat. 14 (label attached verso)
On view Melbourne
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Clement Meadmore (1929 – 2005)
Terpsichore, 1993
bronze
25.0 x 30.0 x 17.0 cm edition: 4/9
signed dated and numbered at base: Meadmore ‘93 4/9 inscribed with title on base: TERPSICHORE
Starting Bid: $26,000
ESTIMATE: $30,000 – 40,000
Provenance
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above c.1994
Related Work
Terpsichore, 1993, bronze, 254.0 x 366.0 x 213.0 cm, collection of Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, illus. in Gibson, E., The Sculpture of Clement Meadmore, Hudson Hills Press, New York, 1994, p. 112
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Robert Klippel (1920 – 2001)
No. 401, 1981
bronze
16.0 cm height
signed with initials and dated at base: RK 81. inscribed with title on base: 401
Starting Bid: $2,800
ESTIMATE: $3,500 – 4,500
Provenance
Watters Gallery, Sydney
Private collection, Brisbane, acquired from the above
Exhibited
Robert Klippel: Recent Bronze Sculptures, Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane, 17 June – 8 July 1983, cat. 13
Robert Klippel: Recent Sculpture & Works on Paper, Watters Gallery, Sydney, 15 November – 10 December 1983
Literature
Gleeson, J., Robert Klippel, Bay Books, Sydney, 1983, pl. 405, pp. 418 (illus.), 479
Edwards, D., Robert Klippel: Catalogue Raisonné of Sculptures, (CD-ROM), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2002, no. 401 (illus.)
On view Melbourne
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Gwyn Hanssen Pigott (1935 – 2013)
Still life, 1991
woodfired porcelain
four pieces (two bottles, one bowl, one beaker)
18.0 x 20.0 cm (overall)
stamped at base with the artist’s roundel
Starting Bid: $5,000
ESTIMATE: $6,000 – 8,000
Provenance
Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, acquired from the above in December 1991
On view Melbourne
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Emily Kam Kngwarreye (c.1910 – 1996)
Untitled (Awelye), 1993
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
50.5 x 40.5 cm
53.0 x 43.0 cm (frame)
bears inscription verso: artist’s name and Rodney Gooch cat.
44.593
Starting Bid: $12,000
ESTIMATE: $15,000 – 20,000
Provenance
Commissioned by Rodney Gooch, Mulga Bore Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory in May 1993 Private collection, Canberra, acquired from the above
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Mulga Bore Artists which states:
‘The artist paints an outline associated with Awelye, womens ceremony, then overlays a design representing Kame, the seeds of the Munyerro plant.’
On view Melbourne
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Prince Of Wales (Midpul) (c.1935 – 2002)
Body marks, 2002
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
92.0 x 34.0 cm
bears inscription verso: Karen Brown Gallery cat. KB0673
Starting Bid: $4,200
ESTIMATE: $5,000 – 7,000
Provenance
Commissioned by Karen Brown Gallery, Darwin
Private collection, Melbourne
Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 27 July 2018, lot 63
Private collection, Sydney
Boxer Milner Tjampitjin (c.1934 – 2009)
Pitilarkayi, 1997
synthetic polymer paint on linen
90.0 x 60.0 cm
93.0 x 63.0 cm (frame)
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Warlayirti Artists cat. 485/97
Starting Bid: $3,000
ESTIMATE: $4,000 – 6,000
Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo, Western Australia
Private collection, Melbourne
Thence by descent
Private collection, Melbourne
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Warlayirti Artists which states:
‘Boxer has painted an important Tjukurrpa (dreamtime) place, where water bubbles up from a spring. The water is hot and dirty and is sometimes referred to as “blood water”. The water flows all around and finds its way into the Sturt Creek.’
On view Melbourne
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Elizabeth Nyumi Nungurrayi (1947 – 2019)
Parwalla, 1998
synthetic polymer paint on linen
180.0 x 120.0 cm
182.5 x 122.5 cm (frame)
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Warlayirti Artists cat. 415/98
Starting Bid: $7,000
ESTIMATE: $8,000 – 12,000
Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo, Western Australia
Private collection
Christie’s, Sydney, 12 October 2004, lot 63
Private collection, New South Wales
Cooee Art Leven, Sydney, 11 October 2022, lot 71
Private collection, Sydney
On view Melbourne
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Fred Ward Tjungurrayi born c.1948
Lurrun, 2005
synthetic polymer paint on linen
151.5 x 101.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Kayili Artists cat. 05-056
Starting Bid: $6,500
ESTIMATE: $8,000 – 12,000
Provenance
Kayili Artists, Patjarr, Gibson Desert, Western Australia
Private collection, Melbourne
This painting is accompanied by the certificate of authenticity from Kayili Artists which states in part:
‘Lurrun is a rockhole north of Patjarr Community in the Gibson Desert. Tingarri men, women and children walk in separate groups but travelling in the same direction, stopped at this site’
Bid Now On view Sydney
Alice Nampitjinpa (c.1945 – 2020)
Hair string, 2002
synthetic polymer paint on linen
134.0 x 121.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Ikuntji Art Centre cat. IK02AN225
Starting Bid: $2,400
ESTIMATE: $3,000 – 4,000
Provenance
Ikuntji Art Centre, Haasts Bluff, Northern Territory
On Shore Art, Sydney
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2003
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Ikuntji Art Centre.
On view Melbourne
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Sidney Nolan (1917 – 1992)
Church with harbour background, c.1955 – 56 oil on paper
24.5 x 30.0 cm
43.0 x 46.0 cm (frame)
signed lower left: Nolan
Starting Bid: $3,800
ESTIMATE: $4,500 – 6,500
Provenance
Collection of Lady Mary Nolan, United Kingdom
Private collection, Melbourne
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On view Melbourne
Sidney Nolan (1917 – 1992)
Head, c.1955 – 56 oil on paper
30.0 x 24.0 cm
41.0 x 48.0 cm (frame)
Starting Bid: $2,600
ESTIMATE: $3,000 – 5,000
Provenance
Collection of Lady Mary Nolan, United Kingdom Private collection, Melbourne
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On view Melbourne
Sidney Nolan (1917 – 1992)
Abstract landscape, c.1955 – 56 oil on paper
25.0 x 30.0 cm
43.0 x 46.0 cm (frame)
signed with initial lower centre: N.
Starting Bid: $3,600
ESTIMATE: $4,000 – 6,000
Provenance
Collection of Lady Mary Nolan, United Kingdom
Private collection, Melbourne
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On view Melbourne
Richard Larter (1929 – 2014)
Anamorphic charismatic weekend (Ho hum), 1975
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
183.0 x 114.0 cm
185.0 x 116.0 cm (frame)
signed and dated lower right: R. LARTER. 4. 1975. bears inscription verso: ANAMORPHIC CHARISMATIC / WEEKEND
Starting Bid: $10,000
ESTIMATE: $15,000 – 20,000
Provenance
Watters Gallery, Sydney
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, acquired from the above in August 1985
On view Melbourne
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Ken Searle born 1951
Newtown II, 1999
oil on canvas
110.0 x 303.0 cm
113.0 x 305.5 cm (frame)
signed and dated lower right: Ken Searle 1999
Starting Bid: $12,000
ESTIMATE: $18,000 – 24,000
Provenance
Watters Gallery, Sydney
Private collection, New South Wales, acquired from the above in 2003
Exhibited
Ken Searle Newtown Revisited, Watters Gallery, Sydney, 19 October – 6 November 1999
Federation: Australian Art and Society 1901 – 2001, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 8 December 2000 – 11 February 2001, and touring nationally
Literature
McDonald, J., et al, Federation: Australian Art and Society 1901 – 2001, Thames and Hudson, Melbourne, 2001, p. 97 (illus.)
Related Work
Newtown, 1978, oil on canvas, 109.5 x 315.5 cm, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, gift of Patrick White
Ann Thomson born 1933
Interforce 3, 1993 – 94
oil on board
108.5 x 91.5 cm
signed, dated and inscribed with title verso: Ann Thomson ‘93 – ‘94 / Interforce 3
Starting Bid: $2,000
ESTIMATE: $3,000 – 4,000
Provenance
Australian Galleries, Sydney (label attached verso)
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, acquired from the above in May 1994
Exhibited
Ann Thomson, Australian Galleries, Sydney, 26 April – 21 May 1994, cat. 12 (label attached verso)
On view Melbourne
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Ildiko Kovacs born 1962
Untitled, 1998
oil on card on linen on plywood
76.0 x 57.5 cm
signed and dated verso: ILDIKO KOVACS / 1998
Starting Bid: $4,000
ESTIMATE: $6,000 – 8,000
Provenance
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Melbourne, acquired from the above in October 1998
Exhibited
Probably: Ildiko Kovacs, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, 10 October – 5 November 1998
On view Melbourne
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Ildiko Kovacs born 1962
Untitled, 1999
oil on card on linen on plywood
76.0 x 85.5 cm
Starting Bid: $4,000
ESTIMATE: $6,000 – 8,000
Provenance
Mary Place Gallery, Sydney (label attached verso)
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Melbourne, acquired from the above in December 1999
Exhibited
Recent Works: Russel Barter, Peter Brooks, Christopher Bruce, Roy Jackson, Ildiko Kovacs, Savandary Vongpoothorn, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney, 7 – 19 December 1999, cat. 5 or 6 (label attached verso)
On view Melbourne
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Michael Needham born 1977
Decoy #2, 2020
bronze, glass and taxidermy eyes
22.0 x 56.0 x 45.0 cm
edition of 8
Starting Bid: $1,200
ESTIMATE: $2,000 – 3,000
Provenance
Stockroom Kyneton, Victoria Private collection, Melbourne
On view Melbourne
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Frederick Woodhouse Snr (1820 – 1909)
Mr Henry Stevenson’s herd, Niddrie, Essendon, 1874
oil on canvas
87.0 x 147.0 cm
101.5 x 162.0 cm (frame)
signed and dated lower left: Fred Woodhouse / 1874
Starting Bid: $8,000
ESTIMATE: $10,000 – 15,000
Provenance
Private collection
Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 8 April 1987, lot 195
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney
Literature
Australian Antiques Collector, IPC Business Press, Sydney, ed. 34, October 1987, p. 105 (illus.)
On view Melbourne
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Frederick Woodhouse Snr (1820 – 1909)
The Squire – a champion merino ram in a landscape, Mount Fyans, 1883
oil on canvas
46.0 x 61.0 cm
61.0 x 76.0 cm (frame)
signed and dated lower left: Fred Woodhouse Sen / 1883
Starting Bid: $4,000
ESTIMATE: $6,000 – 8,000
Provenance
William Cumming, Western District, Victoria
Thence by descent
Collection of P. B. Slee (née Laird), Bendigo
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, acquired from the above in October 1985
On view Melbourne
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Frederick Woodhouse Jnr (1847 – 1927)
Chicago, winner of the 1888 Caulfield Cup, 1888
oil on canvas
63.0 x 78.5 cm
91.0 x 105.5 cm (frame)
signed and dated lower right: Fred Woodhouse Jnr. / 1888
Starting Bid: $4,000
ESTIMATE: $6,000 – 8,000
Provenance
Private collection
Christie’s, Sydney, 3 October 1972, lot 92
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Melbourne
Exhibited
Pastures & Pastimes: An Exhibition Of Australian Racing, Sporting & Animal Pictures Of The 19th century, Victorian Artists Society Gallery, Melbourne, 14 October – 5 November 1983, and touring to: Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria, 19 November – 20 December 1983; S.H. Ervin National Trust Gallery, Sydney, 6 January – 19 February 1984, cat. 76
Literature
Laverty, C., Australian Colonial Sporting Painters, Frederick Woodhouse and Sons, The David Ell Press, Sydney, 1980, pp. 78, 79 (illus.)
Laverty, C., Pastures & Pastimes: An Exhibition Of Australian Racing, Sporting & Animal Pictures Of The 19th century, Victorian Ministry of the Arts, Melbourne, 1983, cat. 76, pp. 65, 71 (illus.)
On view Melbourne
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Attributed To Alexander Webb (Scottish, 1813 – 1892)
Malop Street, Geelong and The Provident Institute, Melbourne, c.1860
watercolour on paper
i. 24.5 x 34.0 cm
37.5 x 46.0 cm (frame)
ii. 24.5 x 34.0 cm
37.5 x 46.0 cm (frame) each inscribed with title on mount
Starting Bid: $6,000
ESTIMATE: $8,000 – 12,000
Provenance
Private collection, Adelaide Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 3 August 2011, lot 114 (as ‘Australian School’)
Private collection, Sydney
Related Work
Malop Street, Geelong, looking East; and Provident Institute, Melbourne, steel engravings from Victoria Illustrated: Second Series, 1862, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne
Alexander Webb, Malop Street from Johnstone Park, 1872, watercolour and pencil on paper, 46.0 x 66.2 cm, Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria
Hans Heysen (1877 – 1968)
Landscape
watercolour on paper
22.5 x 28.5 cm
43.5 x 50.0 cm (frame)
signed with initials lower left: H.H.
Starting Bid: $4,000
ESTIMATE: $6,000 – 8,000
Provenance
Private collection, Melbourne
Thence by descent
Private collection, Melbourne
On view Melbourne
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Ernest Buckmaster (1897 – 1968)
Richmond rock, 1928
oil on canvas
51.0 x 69.0 cm
57.0 x 75.5 cm (frame)
signed and dated lower left: E Buckmaster / 28 bears inscription verso: no. 145 / no. 6
Starting Bid: $3,000
ESTIMATE: $4,000 – 6,000
Provenance
Henry Krongold, Melbourne
Thence by descent
Private collection, Melbourne
On view Melbourne
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Max Meldrum (1875 – 1955)
Self-portrait, 1932
oil on canvas on board
61.0 x 70.5 cm
92.0 x 81.5 cm (frame)
signed lower left: Meldrum
Starting Bid: $15,000
ESTIMATE: $20,000 – 30,000
Provenance
Professor Wilfred Agar, Melbourne and London
Thence by descent
Dr J. M. Agar, Victoria
Christie’s, Melbourne, 16 September 1991, lot 145
Private collection, Victoria
Exhibited
Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Royal Institute Galleries, London, November 1933 (handwritten label verso)
Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Max Meldrum, National Art Gallery of N.S.W., Sydney, 19 March – 16 April 1947, cat. 9
A Retrospective Exhibition of the Paintings of Max Meldrum, National Art Gallery of N.S.W., Sydney, July – August 1954; and touring to Queensland National Art Gallery, Brisbane, August – September 1954; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, September – October 1954, cat. 20 (label attached verso, illus. cover of exhibition catalogue)
Literature
Meldrum, M. and Foreman, R., Max Meldrum, The Science of Appearance, Sheperd Press, Sydney, 1950, frontispiece (illus.)
On view Melbourne
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Max Meldrum (1875 – 1955)
Pont Rean, 1926
oil on canvas on board
34.0 x 37.0 cm
43.5 x 47.0 cm (frame)
signed lower left: Meldrum signed, dated and inscribed with title verso: 16 / Max Meldrum / PONT REAN 1926
Starting Bid: $2,000
ESTIMATE: $3,000 – 5,000
Provenance
Kew Gallery, Melbourne (stamped verso) Private collection, Melbourne
Exhibited
Probably: Paintings by Max Meldrum, Athenaeum Gallery, Melbourne, 18 – 29 August 1931, cat. 16 (as ‘The Mill, Pont Rean’)
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On view Melbourne
William Frater (1890 – 1974)
Carlton street oil on canvas
50.5 x 55.0 cm
65.0 x 69.5 cm (frame) stamped with artist’s name on stretcher bar verso
Starting Bid: $2,000
ESTIMATE: $3,000 – 5,000
Provenance
Dr and Mrs C. B. Christensen, Melbourne
Jim Alexander Gallery, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in May 1989
On view Melbourne
Pincher Talunga (c.1937 – 2012)
Yuwul, 2003
synthetic polymer paint on linen
90.0 x 51.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name
Starting Bid: $2,400
ESTIMATE: $3,000 – 4,000
Provenance
Painted at Peppimenarti, Northern Territory
Karen Brown Gallery, Darwin (cat. PO349)
William Mora Galleries, Melbourne (stamped verso)
Private collection, Victoria, acquired from the above in 2003
Exhibited
Pincher Talunga – Selected Paintings (presented in association with Karen Brown Gallery and Peppimenarti Community Council), William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, 8 – 31 May 2003
Brandy Tjungurrayi (1927 – 2012)
Kulparri, 2002
synthetic polymer paint on canvas 120.0 x 80.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Warlayirti Artists cat. 921/02
Starting Bid: $1,500
ESTIMATE: $2,000 – 3,000
Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo, Western Australia
On Shore Art, Sydney
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2003
This work is accompanied by a copy of the certificate of authenticity from Warlayirti Artists which states:
‘Brandy has painted some of his traditional country, which is far to the south of Balgo in the Great Sandy Desert. The central panels represent a particular type of bush seed collected here, kulparri, while the central circle represents water used to mix the damper. These small black seeds are ground up to make damper. Brandy’s painting also tells some of the Tjukurrpa (Dreamtime) for the area, about people arguing over the damper and one big lady started a fight with the men. Some other women finally cut the damper up to share it.’
On view Melbourne
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Elizabeth Nyumi Nungurrayi (1947 – 2019)
Parwalla, 2003
synthetic polymer paint on linen
80.0 x 30.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Warlayirti Artists cat. 929/03
Starting Bid: $800
ESTIMATE: $1,000 – 2,000
Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo, Western Australia
Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2005
This work is accompanied by a copy of the certificate of authenticity from Warlayirti Artists which states:
‘This painting depicts the country known as Parwalla which is Nyumi’s father’s country. This country is south of Balgo in the Great Sandy Desert, west Kiwirrkurra. The landscape of the area is dominated by tali, or sand dunes. The Parwalla area is a swampy area, filling a huge area with water after the wet season rain. These wet season rains result in an abundance of good bush tucker. The majority of the painting shows the different bush foods, including kantjili, or bush raisin, and minyili. Women, the U shapes, with their wana (digging sticks) and coolimons are also depicted. The white colour, which dominates the painting represents the spinifex which grows strong and seeds after the we season rains. These seeds are white in colour and grow so thickly they obscure the ground and other plants below.’
On view Melbourne
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Susie Bootja Bootja Napaltjarri (c.1935 – 2003)
Untitled, 1989
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
119.0 x 84.5 cm
120.5 x 86.0 cm (frame)
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Warlayirti Artists cat. 182/89
Starting Bid: $2,000
ESTIMATE: $2,500 – 3,500
Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo, Western Australia
The Peter and Renate Nahum Collection of Aboriginal Art, London Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 19 August 2020, lot 59
Private collection, Sydney
On view Melbourne
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Duncan Korkatain born 1949
Putch boy, 2007
natural earth pigments and charcoal with synthetic binder on milkwood and pandanus fibre with natural dyes
98.5 x 52.0 x 24.0 cm
Starting Bid: $3,000
ESTIMATE: $3,500 – 5,500
Provenance
Wik & Kugu Aurukun Arts Centre, Aurukun, Queensland Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2007
Exhibited
Puulway: Wick and Kugu Totems – Contemporary Australian Sculpture from Aurukun, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, 7 August – 8 September 2007, cat. 3
Literature
Sutton, P. and Bosse, J., Puulway: Wick and Kugu Totems –Contemporary Australian Sculpture from Aurukun, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, 2007, pp. 46 (illus.), 47 (illus., detail)
On view Melbourne
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Roderick Yunkaporta born 1948
Ku’Patch (camp dog), 2019
natural earth pigments on carved wood
26.5 x 49.0 x 15.0 cm
Starting Bid: $1,500
ESTIMATE: $2,000 – 3,000
Provenance
Wik & Kugu Aurukun Arts Centre, Aurukun, Queensland
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, Queensland
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, acquired from the above in July 2019
Exhibited
Wik & Kugu Aurukun Arts Centre at Cairns Indigenous Art Fair 2019, Cairns Cruise Liner Terminal, Queensland, 10 – 14 July 2019
On view Melbourne
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Gloria Fletcher Thancoupie (1937 – 2011)
Egg
slip and stoneware with oxide decoration on incised design
17.0 cm height
signed on base: Thancoupie
Starting Bid: $2,000
ESTIMATE: $2,500 – 3,500
Provenance
Private collection, Queensland, acquired directly from the artist, Trinity Beach, Queensland
view Melbourne
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Artist Unknown (Kimberley)
A pair of Riji (pearl shell pendants)
natural earth pigments on engraved pearl shells
i. 18.5 x 12.5 cm
ii. 18.5 x 13.0 cm
Starting Bid: $1,600
ESTIMATE: $2,000 – 4,000
Provenance
Private collection
Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 26 – 27 June 2000, lot 181
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney
Nawurapu Wunuŋmurra born 1952
Garraparra (larrikitj), 2008
natural earth pigments on hollowed log
187.0 cm height
Starting Bid: $2,400
ESTIMATE: $3,000 – 4,000
Provenance
Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala, Northern Territory (cat. 2985G)
Suzanne O’Connell Gallery, Brisbane
Private collection, Canberra, acquired from the above in 2009
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre which states in part:
‘The beautiful rendition of the sea at Garraparra.
Garraparra is a coastal headland and bay area within Blue Mud Bay. It marks the spot of a sacred burial area for the Dhalwanu clan and a site where dispute was formally settled by Makarrata (a trial of ordeal by spear which settled serious grievance and sealed the peace forever).’
Michael Gadjarwala born 1948
Untitled (lorrkon)
natural earth pigments on hollow log
110.0 cm height
Starting Bid: $1,000
ESTIMATE: $1,400 – 2,000
Provenance
Maningrida Arts and Crafts, Maningrida, Northern Territory
Private collection, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne
On view Melbourne
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Nawurapu Wunuŋmurra born 1952
Garraparra (larrakitj), 2008
natural earth pigments on hollowed log
270.0 cm height
Starting Bid: $2,800
ESTIMATE: $3,500 – 5,500
Provenance
Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala, Northern Territory (cat. 2168M)
Private collection, Melbourne
Art Index, Sydney
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2013
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre which states in part:
‘This pole or Dhupun is solely decorated with the Yirritja moiety, Dhalwangu clan saltwater design which denotes Garraparra (known in English as Grindall Bay within the larger Blue Mud Bay).’
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Ken
Ngindjalakku Djungkidj
born 1972
Yawkyawk, 2003
natural earth pigments and PVC fixative on carved kurrajong
189.5 cm height
Starting Bid: $1,000
ESTIMATE: $2,000 – 3,000
Provenance
Maningrida Arts and Culture, Maningrida, Northern Territory (cat. 4534-03)
Collection of James Smeaton, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2004
Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 6 June 2023, lot 37 Private collection, Melbourne
This work is accompanied by a copy of the certificate of authenticity from Maningrida Arts and Culture which states in part:
‘Yawkyawk is a word in the Kunwinjku/Kunwok language of Western Arnhem Land meaning ‘young woman’ and ‘young woman spirit being’.’
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Melba Gunjarrwanga born 1959
Mimih spirit, 2003
ochre and pigments with PVA fixative on beach hibiscus
227.0 cm height
Starting Bid: $500
ESTIMATE: $700 – 900
Provenance
Maningrida Arts and Culture, Maningrida, Northern Territory (cat. 1489-03)
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2004
Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 6 June 2023, lot 49
Private collection, Melbourne
This work is accompanied by a copy of the Maningrida Arts and Culture label, and a copy of the certificate of authenticity from Maningrida Arts and Culture.
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