YILLIMBIDDI COUNTRY (WITH SNAKES), 1989

Beyond Sacred: Aboriginal Art, The Laverty Collection
Sydney
8 March 2015
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ROVER THOMAS (JOOLAMA)

(c.1926 - 1998)
YILLIMBIDDI COUNTRY (WITH SNAKES), 1989

natural earth pigments with bush gum on canvas

100.0 x 140.0 cm

inscribed verso: artist's name, size and Waringarri Aboriginal Arts cat. S-1831 and AP1852

Estimate: 
$20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $36,000 (inc. BP) in Auction 38 - 8 March 2015, Sydney
Provenance

Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kununurra
Deutscher Gertrude Street, Melbourne
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, purchased in 1989

Exhibited

Turkey Creek: Recent Work, Deutscher Gertrude Street, Melbourne, 25 October – 17 November 1989, cat. 9 (label attached verso)

Catalogue text

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
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