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Lot #6139 - Rover (Julama) Thomas

  • Auction House:
    Theodore Bruce
  • Sale Name:
    Art | Australian, Aboriginal & International
  • Sale Date:
    17 May 2021 ~ 6pm (AEST)
  • Lot #:
    6139
  • Lot Description:
    Rover (Julama) Thomas
    (c.1926-1998)
    Night Time 1996
    Ochres on canvas
    90 x 120 cm stretched
    Red Earth Gallery, St Kilda Certificate of Authenticity Cat. No. 110
    Visible brush strokes, scuff marks to right hand & left edge & around central motif
  • Provenance:
    Accompanying this work is a letter from Patrick Hoppe regarding the works & a photograph of the artist with the work. Hoppe was employed by Ochre Gallery in Kununurra in 1995. He returned to Wamun in 1996 and commissioned a series of works by Rover Thomas, including this painting. Another work by Rover Thomas commissioned by Patrick Hoppe (Red Earth Art) was sold as Lot 267 at Sotheby's Important Aboriginal Art sale on July 24, 2007
  • Notes:
    Rover states that: "The painting is about the 'Night Time' when everyone is asleep". The top left representation is of the 'Evening Star', the top right the 'Morning Star', the bottom left the 'Midnight Star' & the bottom right the 'Sun'. Painted a Warmun in April 1996
  • Estimate:
    A$20,000 - 30,000
  • Realised Price:
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  • Category:
    Art

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