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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Fine Art +Aboriginal Art Auction
• Sale Date:
  30 Nov 2016 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  111
• Lot Description:
  Kalaju Alma Webou
  (c.1928 – 2009)
  Pinkalarta, 2005
  synthetic polymer paint on canvas
  111.0 x 166.5 cm
  bears inscription verso: artist’s name, date, medium, size and Short Street Gallery cat. 20050
• Provenance:
  Short Street Gallery, Broome; Mary Place Gallery, Sydney; Private collection, Melbourne
• Notes:
  This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Short Street Gallery that states: 'This is Pinkalarta, my place I was born and grew up, this is my mother’s country. You know mummy mine been born there, we bush people us. It is in the Great Sandy Desert near Joanna Spring on Anna Plains Station, Western Australia. This country has lots of mayi (bush food). This paintings shows the mayi. He got him big water, good water everyone can drink him. He gone now. I been born near there near the water. Big jila (waterhole), he got him big water, good water everyone can drink him. He gone now. I lost my mummy and sister here.'
• Estimate:
  A$5,000 - 7,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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