Dorothy Sams
(born 1935)
UNTITLED, 2003
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
117.0 x 119.0 cm
inscribed verso: artist's name, date, size and Karen Brown Gallery cat. KB1858 and Peppimenarti cat. PO600
Estimate:
$2,000 - $3,000
Sold:
$15,600 (inc. BP)
lot details
Karen Brown Gallery, Darwin
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, purchased in April 2004
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 (illus. p. 14 in exhibition catalogue); Newcastle Art Gallery, New South Wales, 5 July – 31 August 2008
Literature
Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australia’s Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 2008, p. 249 (illus.)
Beyond Sacred: Australian Aboriginal Art: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, edition II, Kleimeyer Industries Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 2011, p. 281 (illus.)
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.