DIBIRDIBI COUNTRY, 2008

Important Australian Indigenous Art
Melbourne
22 March 2023
56

MIRDIDINGKINGATHI JUWARNDA SALLY GABORI

(c.1924 - 2015)
DIBIRDIBI COUNTRY, 2008

synthetic polymer paint on linen 

121.0 x 91.0 cm

bears inscription verso: artist’s name, title, medium and Mornington Island Arts and Crafts cat. 3364-L-SG-0708 and Alcaston Gallery cat. AK14651

Estimate: 
$8,000 – $12,000
Sold for $31,909 (inc. BP) in Auction 73 - 22 March 2023, Melbourne
Provenance

Mornington Island Arts and Crafts, Mornington Island, Queensland (stamped verso)
Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
Private collection, Canberra, acquired from the above in 2008 

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Alcaston Gallery which states:

"This is a hunting ground on my husband's country on Bentinck Island. At the edge of the big saltpan is a mangrove swamp where we get crab and mudshell."