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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  The Laverty Collection Part III
• Sale Date:
  05 Apr 2017 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  5
• Lot Description:
  John Mawurndjul
  (born 1952)
  Buluwana, 2001
  natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
  200.0 x 59.0 cm
  bears inscription on label verso: artist's name, title, language group and Maningrida Arts and Culture cat. 15962001BP
• Provenance:
  Painted at Milmilngkan, Northern Territory; Maningrida Arts and Culture, Maningrida, Northern Territory (label attached verso) ; Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne (label attached verso); The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, acquired from the above in November 2002
• Notes:
  EXHIBITED: Kabarlekidyo to Milmilngkan – John Mawurndjul's Country, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, 29 October – 23 November 2002, cat. 5 (illus. in exhibition catalogue and front cover [detail]) ; Crossing Country: the alchemy of western Arnhem Land art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 September – 12 December 2004; rarrk – John Mawurndul : Journey Through Time in Northern Australia, Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland, 21 September 2005 – 29 January 2006; Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany, 19 February – 5 June 2006; John Mawurndjul Survey 1979 – 2009, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra, 16 April – 24 May 2009; Stone Country – Saltwater, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales, 1 August – 27 September 2009 REFERENCES: Perkins, H., et al., Crossing Country: the alchemy of western Arnhem Land art, exhibition catalogue, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2004, pp. 90 (illus.), 226; Kaufmann, C., et al., rarrk – John Mawurndul: Journey Through Time in Northern Australia, Crawford House Publishing Australia, Belair, South Australia, 2005, pp. 141 (illus.), 228; Kohen, A., John Mawurndjul Survey 1979 – 2009, exhibition catalogue, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra, 2009, pl. 4, cat. 17, p. 8 (illus.) ; Altman, J., 'John Mawurndjul: Art and Impact', Art Monthly Australia, Canberra, December 2009 – February 2010, p. 24 (illus.)
• Estimate:
  A$20,000 - 30,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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