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Important Australian + International Fine Art - 22 November 2023  |  Sydney

Lot 61
Paddy Nyunkuny Bedford
(c.1922 - 2007)
UNTITLED, 2003

gouache on crescent board

51.0 x 76.5 cm



Estimate:
AU$12,000 – $15,000


Lot sold: $12,273 (inc. BP)


Lot Details

Description

Paddy Nyunkuny Bedford
(c.1922 - 2007)
UNTITLED, 2003

gouache on crescent board

51.0 x 76.5 cm

bears a written dedication to the recipient verso, dictated by Paddy Bedford and transcribed by Tony Oliver: ‘To my friends Peter and Karen,
thank you, lawyer that a true story – everything.
Gardia damage them at Bedford Downs. Proove it now
No matter gardia don’t believe.
Paddy Quilty got wild over bullock – but other gardia wanted those blackfella women.
My mum carrying me when bad thing happen with cheeky gardia.
Paddy Quilty give me his name – “We’ll have to call him after me – ‘Paddy Bedford’.’
That Trevor Smith and Jack Carey they cheeky gardia – Carey bad man cut women’s milk and miller (vagina) – BAD PEOPLE – Murders – cut man’s prick as well.
Thank you, from Lawman Paddy – I know everything law way. I got olden time law that old people show us.
Paddy Bedford, October 2003, Kununurra
 
Paddy Bedford
gouache on crescent board
September 2003
Jirrawun Arts
Kununurra, WA'

Provenance

Jirrawun Arts, Kununurra, Western Australia
Paddy Bedford, Kununurra
Private collection, Melbourne, a gift from the above