Lot #18 - Rover Thomas (Joolama)
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Auction House:Deutscher and Hackett
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Sale Name:Important Indigenous Art
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Sale Date:25 May 2016 ~ 7pm
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Lot #:18
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Lot Description:Rover Thomas (Joolama)
(c.1926 – 1998)
Untitled, 1988
natural earth pigments and bush gum on canvas
61.0 x 76.5 cm -
Provenance:This painting was commissioned in 1988 by Joel Smoker, a former coordinator of the Waringarri Arts Centre in Kununurra from 1986 – 1991, as one of five works for a special gift card series which was never produced. The subject matter for this painting is most likely the Wati Kutjara, the story of the ancestral travels of two men, ubiquitous in the mythology of the Western Desert. A prominent story related to the Tingari ancestors who, in mythological times, moved across the land creating sacre
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Exhibited:Painted in the East Kimberly for Waringarri Arts; Joel Smoker, Western Australia; Private collection, Sydney; Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 9 July 2001, lot 138; Private collection, Sydney
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Estimate:A$30,000 - 40,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Art
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