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Part 2: Important Aboriginal Art - 28 November 2012  |  Melbourne

Lot 107
Kutuwulumi Purawarrumpatu (Kitty Kantilla)
(c.1928 - 2003)
WAIYAI, 1992

natural earth pigments on carved ironwood

68.5 cm height



Estimate:
$8,000 - 12,000


Lot sold: $10,200 (inc. BP)


Lot Details

Description

Kutuwulumi Purawarrumpatu (Kitty Kantilla)
(c.1928 - 2003)
WAIYAI, 1992

natural earth pigments on carved ironwood

68.5 cm height

inscribed on base: artist's name and date

Provenance

Jilamara Arts and Crafts, Melville Island
Private collection, Northern Territory
Private collection, Adelaide

Exhibited

Yingarti Jilamara: The Art of the Tiwi Islands, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 14 September 2006 – 28 January 2007
Kitty Kantilla, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 27 April – 19 August 2007; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 7 December 2007 – 21 January 2008, cat. 23

Literature

Ryan, J., Kitty Kantilla, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2007, p. 25 (illus.)