DIBIRDIBI COUNTRY, 2009

Important Australian Indigenous Art
Melbourne
22 March 2023
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MIRDIDINGKINGATHI JUWARNDA SALLY GABORI

(c.1924 - 2015)
DIBIRDIBI COUNTRY, 2009

synthetic polymer paint on linen

198.0 x 102.5 cm

bears inscription verso: artist’s name, title, medium and Mornington Island Arts and Crafts cat. 4302–L–SG–0509

Estimate: 
$18,000 – $25,000
Sold for $73,636 (inc. BP) in Auction 73 - 22 March 2023, Melbourne
Provenance

Mornington Island Arts and Crafts, Mornington Island, Queensland
Raft Artspace, Darwin
The Laverty Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in September 2009

Exhibited

Sally Gabori, Raft Artspace, Darwin, in partnership with Bentick Arts, 13 August - 5 September 2009

Literature

Beyond Sacred: Australian Aboriginal Art: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, edition II, Kleimeyer Industries Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 2011, pp. 383 (illus.), 395