Gulumbu Yunupiŋu
(c.1945 - 2012)
GAN’YU (STARS), LARRAKITJ, 2006
natural earth pigments on hollow log
197.0 cm height
Estimate:
$12,000 - $15,000
Sold:
$15,860 (inc. BP)
© courtesy of the artist and Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre
lot details
Buku-Larrngay Mulka Arts, Yirrkala, Northern Territory
Alcaston Gallery,Melbourne (cat. AK12793)
Private collection, Sydney
Bonhams, Sydney, 7 June 2016, lot 50
Private collection, Victoria
Exhibited
Power and Beauty, Indigenous Art Now, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Victoria, 17 November 2007 – 10 March 2008
Literature
Ryan, J., (et al.), Power and Beauty, Indigenous Art Now, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Victoria, 2007, pp. 48 – 49 (illus.)
Gulumbu Yunupingu lived and worked in Yirrkala, Northern Territory
language group: Gumatj
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane