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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Timed Online Auction | Aboriginal Art
• Sale Date:
  20 Mar 2023 ~ 6pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  9056
• Lot Description:
  David Ross Pwerle
  Secret Men's Business 1995 (SET OF EIGHT)
  Synthetic polymer paint on Arches paper
  67x47, 70x49.5, 67.5x47.5, 69.5x49.5, 69.5x49.5, 69.5x49, 69x49.5, 67x46.5 cm [Paintings], 99x79 cm [Frame]
  A rare set of eight works by this highly respected artist.
• Provenance:
  Paul Heywood-Smith KC. These paintings were hung as part of a series in the Anthony Mason Chambers, Victoria Square, Adelaide for over 15 years; Jan Ross-Manley, Alice Springs, 2007.
• Notes:
  Dave Pwerle Ross grew up on Utopia, Alcoota, Mt Riddock, Macdonald Downs and Delmore. Born in 1935, his Country is The Sandover River from The Alcoota Homestead to Tommyhawk soak on Utopia. Because of the vast knowledge passed on to him by his father and others, Dave was a Law Man of high degree. When Dave married and moved back to Utopia, he was involved in important ceremonies from Alcoota to the Queensland border, near Mount Isa (over a distance of nearly 600 kilometres). His influence extended to many of the ceremonies of the neighbouring Alyawarre and Eastern Arrernte people. Many interstate gallery directors and dealers loved Dave Pwerle Ross' paintings. Chandler Coventry held Daveís first solo exhibition in 1990, then James Mollison bought one of his paintings for the National Gallery of Victoria. Gabrielle Pizzi showed Dave Ross in her gallery in Melbourne, then in St. Petersburg in Russia in 1991. Daveís artworks were also collected by the both the Art Gallery of Western Australia and the Queensland Art Gallery. The Louvre in Paris bought one of his paintings from Delmore (via Stephane Jacob). This painting is now in the MusÈe du quai Branly.
• Estimate:
  A$12,000 - 15,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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