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Lot #40 - Kitty Kantilla

  • Auction House:
    Deutscher and Hackett
  • Sale Name:
    Modern + Contemporary Art
  • Sale Date:
    13 Jun 2018 ~ 7pm (AEST)
  • Lot #:
    40
  • Lot Description:
    Kitty Kantilla
    (c.1928 – 2003)
    Untitled, 2001
    natural earth pigments on Belgian linen
    77.5 x 105.5 cm
    bears inscription verso: artist’s name, skin group: Fire / Dance: Rain and Jilamara Arts cat. 625-01
  • Provenance:
    Jilamara Arts and Crafts, Milikapiti, Northern Territory (stamped verso) ; Redback Art Gallery, Brisbane; Private collection, Brisbane, acquired from the above in November 2001
  • Exhibited:
    Tiwi Art, Redback Art Gallery, Brisbane, 12 October – 3 November 2001 This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Jilamara Arts and Crafts, Milikapiti.
  • Notes:
    Kitty Kantilla lived and worked 0n Melville Island, Northern Territory; language group: Tiwi SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2007 Kitty Kantilla, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; 2006 Dreaming Their Way: Australian Aboriginal Women Painters, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC, USA; Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA; 2005 Land Marks, The Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; 2002 Meridian: Focus on Australian Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; 2000 Beyond the Pale: Contemporary Aboriginal Art, Adelaide Biennial of Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; 1994 Power of the Land: Masterpieces of Aboriginal Art, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; 1988 Carved Wooden Sculptures by Tiwi Women from Paru, Aboriginal Artists Gallery, Sydney SELECTED LITERATURE Ryan, J., Kitty Kantilla,National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2007; ‘Kutuwalumi (Kitty Kantilla)’ in Contemporary Territory, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 1994 SELECTED COLLECTIONS Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth; British Museum, London, UK; Musée du quai Branly, Paris, France; Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin; Museum Victoria, Melbourne; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; National Maritime Museum, Sydney; Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
  • Estimate:
    A$18,000 - 25,000
  • Realised Price:
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  • Category:
    Art

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