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• Auction House:
  Bonhams Australia
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Art
• Sale Date:
  23 Aug 2022 ~ 7pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  15
• Lot Description:
  Rover Thomas
  (circa 1926-1998)
  Barramundi Dreaming, c.1985
  natural earth pigments and gum on plywood tea chest lid
  48.0 x 58.0cm (18 7/8 x 22 13/16in).
  RELATED EXAMPLE: Barramundi Dreaming (Lundari), 1986, earth pigments and natural binders on plywood, 60.0 x 90.0cm in the Holmes a Court collection, Perth
• Provenance:
  Acquired from the artist by a contract horticulturalist to the Argyle Diamond Mine, Perth circa 1985; Mary Macha, Perth; Private collection, Perth, acquired from the above in 2001
• Notes:
  During the 1980s Thomas painted the Barramundi Dreaming theme several times. It relates to a site at McFee's Creek on the Dunham River, now the site of the Argyle Diamond Mine. The story relates how the Aboriginal people were trying to steal a barramundi from the Jabiru (Lundari). Lundari dropped the fish where they could not find it and it is still there today. The white elliptical form represents the Barramundi.
• Estimate:
  A$25,000 - 35,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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