MY FATHER’S COUNTRY, 2009

Important Australian Indigenous Art
Melbourne
26 March 2024
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MIRDIDINGKINGATHI JUWARNDA SALLY GABORI

(c.1924 - 2015)
MY FATHER’S COUNTRY, 2009

synthetic polymer paint on linen

198.0 x 101.0 cm

bears inscription verso: artist’s name, title, medium, Mornington Island Arts and Crafts cat. 4556-L-SG-0709 and Alcaston Gallery cat. AK15350

Estimate: 
$25,000 – $35,000
Sold for $42,955 (inc. BP) in Auction 77 - 26 March 2024, Melbourne
Provenance

Mornington Island Arts and Crafts, Mornington Island, Queensland (stamped verso)
Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne (stamped verso)
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2016

Exhibited

Sally Gabori: Painted Island Home, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, 5 July - 6 August 2016

This work is accompanied by certificates of authenticity from Alcaston Gallery and Mornington Island Arts and Crafts which states:
'This is the big river at Thundi, my Father's country on Bentinck island.'