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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Aboriginal Art
• Sale Date:
  26 Nov 2014 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  78
• Lot Description:
  Rover Thomas (Joolama)
  (c1926 – 1998)
  Gulabal – Snake, 1989
  natural earth pigments and bush gum on canvas
  120.0 x 160.0 cm
  inscribed verso: artist’s name and Waringarri Aboriginal Arts cat. AP3052 and S.2037
• Provenance:
  Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kununurra (label attached verso) ; Deutscher Gertrude Street, Melbourne; Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1989
• Exhibited:
  Turkey Creek: Recent Work, Deutscher Gertrude Street, Melbourne, 25 October – 17 November 1989, cat. 11
• References:
  Dreamtime Story of the Willy Willy, 1989, in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, illus. in Ryan, J., and Akerman, K., (eds), Images of Power: Aboriginal Art of the Kimberley, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1993, p. 60
• Estimate:
  A$80,000 - 120,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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