Barney Ellaga
(born 1941)
ALAWA COUNTRY, 2001
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
193.0 x 95.0 cm
inscribed verso: artist's name, date and Alcaston Gallery cat. AK6299
Estimate:
$3,000 - $5,000
Sold:
$15,600 (inc. BP)
lot details
Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne (stamped verso)
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, purchased in November 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
Literature
Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australia’s Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 2008, p. 331 (illus.)
Beyond Sacred: Australian Aboriginal Art: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, edition II, Kleimeyer Industries Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 2011, p. 371 (illus.)