PAKARNU, 2008

Aboriginal Art from the Luczo Family Collection
Melbourne
19 October 2016
13

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

Estimate: 
$5,000 – 7,000
Sold for $7,930 (inc. BP) in Auction 45 - 19 October 2016, Melbourne
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.’