GAN'YU (STARS), LARRAKITJ, 2006

Modern + Contemporary Art
Melbourne
13 June 2018
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GULUMBU YUNUPINGU

(c.1945 – 2012)
GAN'YU (STARS), LARRAKITJ, 2006

natural earth pigments on hollow log

197.0 cm height

Estimate: 
$12,000 – 15,000
Sold for $15,860 (inc. BP) in Auction 54 - 13 June 2018, Melbourne
Provenance

Buku-Larrngay Mulka Arts, Yirrkala, Northern Territory
Alcaston Gallery,Melbourne (cat. AK12793)
Private collection, Sydney
Bonhams, Sydney, 7 June 2016, lot 50
Private collection, Victoria

Exhibited

Power and Beauty, Indigenous Art Now, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Victoria, 17 November 2007 – 10 March 2008

Literature

Ryan, J., (et al.), Power and Beauty, Indigenous Art Now, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Victoria, 2007, pp. 48 – 49 (illus.)

Catalogue text

Gulumbu Yunupingu lived and worked in Yirrkala, Northern Territory
language group: Gumatj

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane