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The Laverty Collection - Part III - 5 April 2017  |  Sydney

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Lot 10
Rover Thomas (Joolama)
(c.1926 – 1998)
DJUGAMERRI AND BOLGUMERRI, 1991

natural earth pigments and gum on linen

89.5 x 110.0 cm


Estimate:
$220,000 – 300,000

Lot sold: $317,200 (inc. BP)

Lot Details

Description
Rover Thomas (Joolama)
(c.1926 – 1998)
DJUGAMERRI AND BOLGUMERRI, 1991

natural earth pigments and gum on linen

89.5 x 110.0 cm

bears inscription verso: artist’s name, title and date

Provenance

Commissioned by Mary Macha, Perth (inscribed verso)
Private collection, Western Australia
Mary Macha, Perth
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, acquired from the above in October 2003

Exhibited

Laverty 2, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales, 14 May – 14 August 2011

Literature

Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australia’s Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 2008, pp. 3 (illus.), 202 (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. 214 (illus.)

Related works

Dumorunji, 1986, earth pigments and natural binders on plywood, 60.7 x 90.8 cm, Holmes à Court Collection, Perth, reproduced in. Carrigan, B., (ed.), Rover Thomas: I want to paint, Heytesbury Pty Ltd, Perth, 2003, pl. 2, p. 66 (illus.)

Catalogue text
This painting is accompanied by notes and an annotated diagram from Mary Macha, Perth.

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Liz and Rover Thomas
Venice Biennale, 1990