Lot #27 - Wakartu Cory Surprise
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Auction House:Deutscher and Hackett
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Sale Name:Works from the K.D.H. Ainsworth Collection
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Sale Date:26 Mar 2014 ~ 7pm
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Lot #:27
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Lot Description:Wakartu Cory Surprise
(c1929 - 2011)
Jilji, 2006
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
120.5 x 59.5 cm
inscribed verso: artist's name and Mangkaja Arts cat. 4/06 -
Provenance:Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing; Short Street Gallery, Broome; The K.D.H. Ainsworth Collection, Queensland
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Notes:The artist states of this work: 'Jilji (sandhills) "This my brother's country. long time ago we walk around everywhere, them Jilji very big, big ones we walk through in that middle bit - Jilji not so big. Long time ago waljirri (dreamtime) people walking here evrywhere. we bin living out here, make him camp out here when I was little." '
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Estimate:A$2,500 - 3,500
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Realised Price:
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Category:Art
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