THE ORGAN PIPES, 2014
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DOUGLAS KWARLPE ABBOTT
born 1948
THE ORGAN PIPES, 2014
watercolour on paper
54.0 x 74.0 cm
Estimate:
$1,200 – 1,500
Sold for $3,660 (inc. BP) in Auction 43 - 25 May 2016, Melbourne
Provenance
Many Hands Art Centre, Alice Springs (cat. KM130308)
The McKay Superannuation Fund Art Collection, Brisbane
Exhibited
Namatjira to Now- Five Generations of watercolour Artists in the Central Desert, Parliament House, Canberra, 26 November 2014 – 9 February 2015
Catalogue text
This work is accompanied by a certificate from Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra, Many Hands Art Centre which states: ‘Down from Glen Helen, between Glen Helen and Jermannsburg. The painting shows the white sand on the river bank (Larapinta) and the creek. It is a women’s dreaming.’