Prince Of Wales (Midpul)
(c.1935 - 2002)
BODY MARKS, 2000
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
120.0 x 91.0 cm
inscribed verso: artist's name, date, title, medium, size and Karen Brown Gallery cat. KB0349
Estimate:
$15,000 - $20,000
Sold:
$31,200 (inc. BP)
lot details
Karen Brown Gallery, Darwin
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, purchased in September 2001
Exhibited
Paintings from Remote Communities: Indigenous Australian Art from the Laverty Collection, Sydney, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand, 15 December 2007 – 24 February 2008; Newcastle Art Gallery, New South Wales, 5 July – 31 August 2008 (illus. back cover of exhibition catalogue)
Literature
Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australia's Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 2008, p. 255 (illus.)
Beyond Sacred: Australian Aboriginal Art: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, edition II, Kleimeyer Industries Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 2011, p. 284 (illus.)
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.