PAKARNU, 2008
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WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE
(c.1929 – 2011)
PAKARNU, 2008
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
118.0 x 120.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Mangkaja Arts cat. 364/08
Estimate:
$5,000 – 7,000
Sold for $7,930 (inc. BP) in Auction 45 - 19 October 2016, Melbourne
Provenance
Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing
AP Bond Gallery, Adelaide
The Luczo Family Collection, USA
Catalogue text
This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Mangkaja Arts that states: ‘This is my country, my family’s country, we bin walk everywhere here around. No trees here nothing this jila [living water] here he names Pakarnu.’