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Lot 123
Dorothy Sams
born c.1935
UNTITLED, 2003

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

117.0 x 119.0 cm



Estimate:
$2,000 - 3,000


Lot sold: $15,600 (inc. BP)


Lot Details

Description

Dorothy Sams
born c.1935
UNTITLED, 2003

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

117.0 x 119.0 cm

inscribed verso: artist's name, date, size and Karen Brown Gallery cat. KB1858 and Peppimenarti cat. PO600

Provenance

Karen Brown Gallery, Darwin
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, purchased in April 2004

Exhibited

Paintings from Remote Communities: Indigenous Australian Art from the Laverty Collection, Sydney, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand, 15 December 2007 – 24 February 2008 (illus. p. 14 in exhibition catalogue); Newcastle Art Gallery, New South Wales, 5 July – 31 August 2008

Literature

Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australia's Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 2008, p. 249 (illus.)
Beyond Sacred: Australian Aboriginal Art: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, edition II, Kleimeyer Industries Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 2011, p. 281 (illus.)

Catalogue text

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.