LUNGARUNG, 2004

Important Australian Indigenous Art
Melbourne
22 March 2023
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© courtesy of the artist and Short Street Gallery
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WEAVER JACK

(c.1928 - 2010)
LUNGARUNG, 2004

synthetic polymer paint on canvas
 

166.5 x 106.0 cm

bears inscription verso: artist's name, medium, size, date and Short Street Gallery cat. 2936

Estimate: 
$6,000 – $8,000
Sold for $7,364 (inc. BP) in Auction 73 - 22 March 2023, Melbourne
Provenance

Short Street Gallery, Broome, Western Australia
William Mora Galleries, Melbourne (stamped verso)
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2004

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

'This is my country, Lungurang country. This is where I was born. I travelled around this place as a young woman walking through sand dunes (Tali) collecting Mayi (bushfood) with my daddy and two mummies. We hunted Kuwi, and sat down there. We didn't have clothes then. There is mulga tree here. I had two brothers. It is this side (west side) of Winpa in Western Australia.'