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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian + International Art
• Sale Date:
  28 Nov 2018 ~ 7pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  135
• Lot Description:
  Gertie Huddleston
  (c.1933 – 2013)
  Bush Garden, 1997
  synthetic polymer paint on canvas
  73.0 x 116.0 cm
  signed with initials and dated lower right: G.H. 1997; bears inscription verso: artist’s name, title and Karen Brown Gallery cat. U/Cat 1
  REFERENCES: Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australia’s Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 2008, p. 327 (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. 369 (illus.) This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Karen Brown Gallery that states: ‘The bush around Ngukurr has all kind of flowers and grass. That white grass can look like lines from far away – like in this painting. Butterfly time and flower time is when we look for sugar bag honey.’
• Provenance:
  Commissioned by Shades of Ochre Art Gallery/Karen Brown Gallery, Darwin (stamped verso); The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, acquired from the above in September 1998
• Estimate:
  A$3,000 - 5,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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