BUSH GARDEN, 1997

Important Australian and International Fine Art
Melbourne
28 November 2018
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GERTIE HUDDLESTON

(c.1933 – 2013)
BUSH GARDEN, 1997

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

73.0 x 116.0 cm

signed with initials and dated lower right: G.H. 1997
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, title and Karen Brown Gallery cat. U/Cat 1

Estimate: 
$3,000 – 5,000
Sold for $5,368 (inc. BP) in Auction 56 - 28 November 2018, Melbourne
Provenance

Commissioned by Shades of Ochre Art Gallery/Karen Brown Gallery, Darwin (stamped verso)
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, acquired from the above in September 1998

Literature

Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australia’s Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 2008, p. 327 (illus.)
Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australia’s Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, edition II, Kleimeyer Industries Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 2011, p. 369 (illus.)

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Karen Brown Gallery that states: ‘The bush around Ngukurr has all kind of flowers and grass. That white grass can look like lines from far away – like in this painting. Butterfly time and flower time is when we look for sugar bag honey.’