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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Aboriginal Art
• Sale Date:
  17 Mar 2021 ~ 7pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  40
• Lot Description:
  Rover Thomas (Joolama)
  (c.1926 – 1998)
  Yurling, 1985
  natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on plywood
  86.0 x 59.0 cm
  bears Waringarri Aboriginal Arts Association label verso: artist's name, title, date, descriptive notes and catalogue number BP1/1010
  The label verso states: ‘Dreamtime dead people were thrown into a hole on top of a big hill near Texas Downs Station. The hill is called Yurling'. This painting was originally purchased from the Waringarri Arts Centre Kununurra in 1985 by a worker for the Kimberley Land Council and Warmun Community when he was conducting interviews at the Arts Centre whilst compiling information for a book.
• Provenance:
  Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kununurra, Western Australia; Private collection, Darwin; Sotheby's, Melbourne, 9 July 2001, lot 108; Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above.
• Estimate:
  A$30,000 - 40,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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