UNTITLED, 2004

Important Australian Indigenous Art
Melbourne
22 March 2023
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PADDY NYUNKUNY BEDFORD

(c.1922 - 2007)
UNTITLED, 2004

gouache on crescent board

51.0 x 76.0 cm

bears inscription verso: Jirrawun Arts cat. PB-WB-3-2004–188

Estimate: 
$8,000 – $12,000
Sold for $9,818 (inc. BP) in Auction 73 - 22 March 2023, Melbourne
Provenance

Jirrawun Arts, Kununurra, Western Australia
The Laverty Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in April 2004

Exhibited

Paddy Bedford, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 6 December 2006 – 15 April 2007, then touring Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 12 May – 22 July 2007; Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria, 11 August – 16 September 2007; University Art Museum, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 16 November 2007 – 1 March 2008

Literature

Storer, R., Paddy Bedford, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2006, p. 177 (illus.)
Beyond Sacred: Australian Aboriginal Art: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, edition II, Kleimeyer Industries Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 2011, p. 249 (illus.)