ALAWA COUNTRY, 2001

Beyond Sacred: Aboriginal Art, The Laverty Collection
Sydney
8 March 2015
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BARNEY ELLAGA

born c.1939
ALAWA COUNTRY, 2001

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

193.0 x 95.0 cm

inscribed verso: artist's name, date and Alcaston Gallery cat. AK6299

Estimate: 
$3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $15,600 (inc. BP) in Auction 38 - 8 March 2015, Sydney
Provenance

Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne (stamped verso)
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, purchased in November 2001

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; 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. 331 (illus.)
Beyond Sacred: Australian Aboriginal Art: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, edition II, Kleimeyer Industries Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 2011, p. 371 (illus.)