YILLIMBIDDI COUNTRY, 1988

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
14 October 2009
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Rover Thomas (Joolama)

(c.1926 - 1998)
YILLIMBIDDI COUNTRY, 1988

natural earth pigments and bush gum on canvas

100.0 x 140.0 cm

inscribed verso: artist's name, size and Waringarri Aboriginal Arts cat. AP1692 and S: 1422

Estimate: 
$350,000 - 450,000
Provenance

Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kununurra
Private collection
On loan to the Art Gallery of New South Wales from 1999 – 2003 (registration label attached verso)
Private collection, Sydney Sotheby's, Sydney, 28 – 29 July, 2003, lot 127
Private collection, New South Wales

This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kununurra, Western Australia.

Exhibited

Aboriginal Art of the East Kimberley, Aboriginal Arts Australia for Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Western Australia Crafts Council Gallery, Sydney, October 1988, cat. 8
Adelaide Biennale of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 2 March – 22 April 1990
Another Country, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 4 September 1999 – 18 June 2000
Yiribana Gallery Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 18 May – 5 September 2001
True Stories: Art of the East Kimberley, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 11 January – 27 April 2003

Literature

Smee, S., True Stories: Art of the East Kimberley, The Art Newspaper, edition no. 132, January 2003, p. 26
Eagle, M. (ed), Adelaide Biennale of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 1990, p. 108 (illus.)