GAN’YU (STARS), 2007

Modern + Contemporary Art
Melbourne
13 June 2018
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© courtesy of the artist and Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre
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GULUMBU YUNUPINGU

(c.1945 – 2012)
GAN’YU (STARS), 2007

natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

166.0 x 84.0 cm (irreg.)

bears inscription verso: artist’s name, Buku-Larrngay Mulka Centre cat. 333F and Alcaston Gallery cat. AK14492

Estimate: 
$10,000 – 15,000
Sold for $21,960 (inc. BP) in Auction 54 - 13 June 2018, Melbourne
Provenance

Commissioned by Buku-Larrngay Mulka Arts, Yirrkala, Northern Territory
Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne
Deutscher and Hackett, Sydney, 2 December 2015, lot 87
Private collection, Victoria

Catalogue text

Gulumbu Yunupingu lived and worked in Yirrkala, Northern Territory
language group: Gumatj

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane