Important Aboriginal Works of Art - 25 May 2016 | Melbourne
synthetic polymer paint on linen
198.0 x 102.0 cm
Lot Details
Description
Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Mrs Gabori
synthetic polymer paint on linen
198.0 x 102.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, titled, medium and Mornington Island Arts and Craft cat. 1905-L-SG-0207
Mornington Island Arts and Craft, Mornington Island, Queensland
Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne (cat. AK13851)
Bonhams, The Laverty Collection, Sydney, 24 March 2013, lot 210 (label attached verso)
The McKay Superannuation Fund Art Collection, Brisbane
24th TELSTRA Awards 10th August - 18 Nov 2007 , Museum and Art Gallery of Darwin and NT, Cat No 43 Paintings from Remote Communities; Indigenous Art from the Laverty Collection, Sydney, Newcastle Region Art Gallery,Newcastle,5 July - 31 August 2008; Heart and soul, Laverty Collection, Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Aboriginal art [AAMU], Utrecht, The Netherlands, 20 Jan 2012 - 10 June 2012.
Evans, Nicholas, The Heart of Everything: the art and artists of Mornington and Bentinck Islands, McCullock and McCullock Australian Art Books, 2008, p 71 (Illus.)
This work is accompanied by a certificate from Mornington Island Arts and Craft which states: ‘My painting is about my Father’s country on Bentinck Island. The name of his country is Thundi.’