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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Indigenous Art
• Sale Date:
  25 May 2016 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  135
• Lot Description:
  Barrupu Yunupingu
  (1948 – 2012)
  Gurtha, 2012
  natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
  106.0 x 47.0 cm
  bears inscription verso: Buku-Larrngay Mulka Arts cats 05-10 Yirr and 4039A together with a distressed Buku-Larrngay Mulka Arts label
• Provenance:
  Buku-Larrngay Mulka Arts, Yirrkala, Northern Territory; Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne (cat. AK 18632); The McKay Superannuation Fund Art Collection, Brisbane
• Notes:
  This work is accompanied by a certificate from Buku-Larrngay Mulka Arts which states in part: ‘The totemic significance of fire to the Yunipingu family of Gumatji clan is paramount. It is said that the Gumatj clan language, Dhuwalandja, is itself the tongue of flame. Cuts through all artifice. It incinerates dishonesty leaving only the bones of the truth. In the initial interface between Yolgnu sacred art and the Western art world an early decision was made on the Yolgnu 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$2,000 - 3,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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