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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Indigenous Art
• Sale Date:
  25 May 2016 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  68
• Lot Description:
  Barrupu Yunupingu
  (1948 – 2012)
  Gurtha, 2012
  natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
  162.0 x 71.0 cm
  bears inscription verso: artist’s name, Buku-Larrngay Mulka Arts cat. 4285H and Alcaston Gallery cat. AK18588
• Provenance:
  Buku-Larrngay Mulka Arts, Yirrkala, Northern Territory; Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne; The McKay Superannuation Fund Art Collection, Brisbane
• Notes:
  This work is accompanied by a certificate from Buku-Larrngay Mulka Arts which states: ‘The totemic significance of fire to the Yunupingu family of the Gumatj clan is paramount. It is said that the Gumatj clan language, Dhuwalandja, is itself the tongue of flame. This language, or tongue, like the flame, cuts through all artifice. It incinerates dishonestly leaving only the bones of the truth. In the initial interface between Yolngu sacred art and the Western art world an early decision was made on the Yolngu side to use figurative imagery to cover the miny’tji in paintings. This ‘miny’tji’ is the source and record of the sacred identity of the law and the land portrayed.’
• Estimate:
  A$2,500 - 3,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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