Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori
(c.1924 - 2015)
DIBIRDIBI COUNTRY, 2011
synthetic polymer paint on linen
197.0 x 100.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist's name, title, medium, Mornington Island Arts and Crafts cat. 6611-L-SG-0211
Estimate:
$20,000 - $30,000
Sold:
$46,636 (inc. BP)
© Estate of Sally Gabori/Copyright Agency 2024
lot details
Mornington Island Arts and Crafts, Mornington Island, Queensland (stamped verso)
Alcaston Gallery at Gipps Street Gallery, Melbourne (cat. AK16814)
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in June 2011
Exhibited
Sally Gabori. Ngumuwa Kinyint – Dark Shapes, Alcaston Gallery at Gipps Street Gallery, Melbourne, 1 – 26 June 2011
This work is accompanied by certificates of authenticity from Alcaston Gallery and Mornington Island Art which states:
‘This is my husband’s country on Bentinck Island. This is the big saltpan that covers part of it.’