DIBIRDIBI COUNTRY, 2009

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Melbourne
1 December 2022
50

MIRDIDINGKINGATHI JUWARNDA SALLY GABORI

(c.1924 - 2015)
DIBIRDIBI COUNTRY, 2009

synthetic polymer paint on linen

198.0 x 102.5 cm

bears inscription verso: artist’s name, title, medium and Mornington Island Arts and Crafts cat. 4304–L–SG–0509

Estimate: 
$18,000 – $25,000
Sold for $34,364 (inc. BP) in Auction 72 - 1 December 2022, Melbourne
Provenance

Painted in 2009 on Mornington Island for Mornington Island Arts and Crafts
Raft Artspace, Darwin
The Laverty Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in September 2009

Exhibited

Sally Gabori – a new language in paint, Raft Artspace, Darwin, 13 August – 5 September 2009, cat. 3
Laverty 2, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales, 14 May – 14 August 2011

Literature

Beyond Sacred: Australian Aboriginal Art: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, edition II, Kleimeyer Industries Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 2011, pp. 377 (illus.), 395