MARDAYIN DESIGN AT KAKODBEBULDI, 2002

Beyond Sacred: Aboriginal Art, The Laverty Collection
Sydney
8 March 2015
124

JOHN MAWURNDJUL

born 1952
MARDAYIN DESIGN AT KAKODBEBULDI, 2002

natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

172.5 x 69.0 cm

inscribed on label verso: artist's name, medium and Maningrida Arts and Culture cat. 1245-02

Estimate: 
$35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $120,000 (inc. BP) in Auction 38 - 8 March 2015, Sydney
Provenance

Maningrida Arts and Culture, Northern Territory (label attached verso)
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, purchased in July 2002

Exhibited

Crossing Country: The Alchemy of Western Arnhem Land Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 September – 12 December 2004 (illus. p. 93 in exhibition catalogue, listed p. 226)
Rarrk – John Mawurndjul: Journey Through Time in Northern Australia, Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland, 21 September 2005 – 29 January 2006; Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany, 19 February – 5 June 2006 (illus. p. 144 in exhibition catalogue, listed p. 228)
Mumeka to Milmilngkan – Innovation in Kurulk Art, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra, 2 November – 17 December 2006, p. 62, cat. 32, pl. 12 (illus. p. 40 in exhibition catalogue)
John Mawurndjul Survey 1979 – 2009, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra, 16 April – 24 May 2009, cat. 18, pl. 17 (illus. p. 32 in exhibition catalogue)
Stone Country – Saltwater, Newcastle Art Gallery, New South Wales, 1 August – 27 September 2009

Literature

Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australia's Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 2008, p. 281 (illus.)
Beyond Sacred: Australian Aboriginal Art: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, edition II, Kleimeyer Industries Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 2011, pp. 45, 311 (illus.)

Catalogue text

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.