SOAK, 2003

The Laverty Collection - Part III
Sydney
5 April 2017
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WILLY BILLABONG

(1930 – 2005)
SOAK, 2003

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

88.0 x 88.0 cm

bears inscription verso: artist’s name and Yarliyil Arts cat. 2003/192

Estimate: 
$800 – 1,200
Sold for $2,440 (inc. BP) in Auction 48 - 5 April 2017, Sydney
Provenance

Yarliyil Arts, Halls Creek
Artplace, Perth
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, acquired from the above in April 2004

Exhibited

This is country, Artplace, Perth, 7 April – 2 May 2004, cat. 11 (label attached verso)
Paintings from Remote Communities: Indigenous Australian Art from the Laverty Collection, Sydney, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Zealand, 15 December 2007 – 24 February 2008; then touring to: Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales, 5 July – 31 August 2008

Literature

Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australia’s Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 2008, p. 196 (illus.)

Catalogue text

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Artplace, Perth