Aboriginal Art from the Luczo Family Collection - 19 October 2016 | Melbourne
Lot 13
Wakartu Cory Surprise
(c.1929 – 2011)
PAKARNU, 2008
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
118.0 x 120.0 cm
Estimate:
$5,000 – 7,000
Lot sold: $7,930 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Wakartu Cory Surprise
(c.1929 – 2011)
PAKARNU, 2008
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
118.0 x 120.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Mangkaja Arts cat. 364/08
Provenance
Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing
AP Bond Gallery, Adelaide
The Luczo Family Collection, USA
Catalogue text
This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Mangkaja Arts that states: ‘This is my country, my family’s country, we bin walk everywhere here around. No trees here nothing this jila [living water] here he names Pakarnu.’