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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Modern + Contemporary Art
• Sale Date:
  13 Jun 2018 ~ 7pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  56
• Lot Description:
  Queenie McKenzie Nakarra
  (c.1925 – 1998)
  Untitled (Gidja Country), 1991
  natural earth pigments and synthetic binders on canvas
  60.0 x 80.0 cm
  bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Waringarri Aboriginal Arts cat. AP3580 and S-3370
  RELATED WORK: Limestone hills near Texas Downs, 1991, earth pigments and natural binder on canvas, 95.0 x 89.8 cm, in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, illus. in Ryan, J. and Akerman, K., Images of Power: Aboriginal Art of the Kimberley, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, p. 55
• Provenance:
  Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kununurra, Western Australia; Private collection, Canberra; Sotheby's, Sydney, 25 July 2005, lot 42; Private collection, New South Wales; Private collection, Melbourne
• Notes:
  Queenie Mckenzie Nakarra lived and worked in Warmun, Western Australia; language group: Gija SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2006 Gifted: Contemporary Aboriginal Art: The Mollie Gowing Acquisition Fund, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; 2004 North by North-West: Contemporary Indigenous Art from the Queensland Art Gallery Collection, Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane; 2004 EXPLAINED, A closer look at Aboriginal art, AAMU Museum of Contemporary Aboriginal Art, Utrecht, Netherlands; 2002 Native Title Business - Contemporary Indigenous Art, Queensland Museum, Brisbane and touring nationally; 2000 Rover & Queenie, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; 1994 Australian Heritage Commission National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Exhibition, Old Parliament House, Canberra; 1994 Power of the Land, Masterpieces of Aboriginal Art National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; 1993 Images of Power: Aboriginal Art of the Kimberley, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; 1993 10th National Aboriginal Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin; 1992 9th National Aboriginal Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin; 1991 Aboriginal Women Painters, Art Gallery of New South Wales and touring; 1991 8th National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin; 1991 Aboriginal Women's Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney and touring SELECTED LITERATURE Field, J.J., Written in the Land: The Life of Queenie McKenzie, Melbourne Books, Melbourne, 2008 SELECTED COLLECTIONS AAMU Museum of Contemporary Aboriginal Art, Utrecht, Netherlands; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth; British Museum, London, UK; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
• Estimate:
  A$15,000 - 20,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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