Lot 124
Wakartu Cory Surprise(circa 1929-2011)Tapu, 1992
24 March 2013, 14:00 AEDT
Sydney, Museum of Contemporary ArtSold for AU$4,880 inc. premium
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Wakartu Cory Surprise (circa 1929-2011)
Tapu, 1992
bears artist's name, date '18/9/92', and Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency catalogue number WP631/92 on the reverse
synthetic polymer paint on velin arches paper
76 x 105cm (29 15/16 x 41 5/16in).
bears artist's name, date '18/9/92', and Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency catalogue number WP631/92 on the reverse
synthetic polymer paint on velin arches paper
76 x 105cm (29 15/16 x 41 5/16in).
Footnotes
PROVENANCE:
Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency, Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia
Purchased from Durack Gallery, Broome, Western Australia in September 1998
The Laverty Collection, Sydney
LITERATURE:
Colin Laverty and Elizabeth Laverty et al., Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australia's Remote Aboriginal Communities - the collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Melbourne: Hardie Grant Books, 2008, p.190 (illus.)
Colin Laverty and Elizabeth Laverty et al., Beyond Sacred: Australian Aboriginal Art - the collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Edition II, Melbourne: Kleimeyer Industries, 2011, p.202 (illus.)
This painting is sold with accompanying Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency documentation.