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Lot #3 - Kalaju Alma Webou

  • Auction House:
    Deutscher and Hackett
  • Sale Name:
    The Laverty Collection Part III
  • Sale Date:
    05 Apr 2017 ~ 7pm
  • Lot #:
    3
  • Lot Description:
    Kalaju Alma Webou
    (c.1928 – 2009)
    Pinkalakara, 2005
    synthetic polymer paint on canvas
    167.0 x 111.0 cm
    bears inscription verso: artist’s name, medium, size and Short Street Gallery cat. 10240
  • Provenance:
    Short Street Gallery, Broome; The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, acquired from the above in October 2005
  • References:
    Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australia’s Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 2008, p. 171 (illus.) ; Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australia’s Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, edition II, Kleimeyer Industries Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 2011, p. 177 (illus.)
  • Notes:
    This work 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 painting shows the Mayi. He got him big water, good water everyone can drink him. He gone now. I been born 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$8,000 - 12,000
  • Realised Price:
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  • Category:
    Art

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