BODY MARKS (KB 1180), 2002

Modern + Contemporary Art
Melbourne
13 June 2018
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PRINCE OF WALES (MIDPUL)

(c.1935 – 2002)
BODY MARKS (KB 1180), 2002

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

91.0 x 76.0 cm

bears inscription verso: artist’s name, date and Karen Brown Gallery cat. KB1180

Estimate: 
$5,000 – 7,000
Sold for $5,490 (inc. BP) in Auction 54 - 13 June 2018, Melbourne
Provenance

Karen Brown Gallery, Darwin
Gene and Brian Sherman collection, Sydney

Catalogue text

Prince of Wales (Midpul) lived and worked in Darwin
language group: Larrakia

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2015 No Boundaries: Aboriginal Australian Contemporary Abstract Painting, Nevada Museum of Art, Nevada, USA; Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, USA, Pérez Art Museum, Miami, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit, USA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, New York, USA
2003 Emerge, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
2001 Winner, 18th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
1997 Prince of Wales: Body Marks, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Wollongong Art Gallery, New South Wales