Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori
(c.1924 - 2015)
Big sandfish, 2005
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
121.0 x 90.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist's name, title, medium and Mornington Island Arts & Crafts cat. 520/C/SG/1005
Estimate:
$5,000 - $8,000
Sold:
$11,659 (inc. BP)
© Estate of Sally Gabori/Copyright Agency 2023
lot details
Mornington Island Arts & Crafts, Queensland (stamped verso)
Grantpirrie Gallery, Sydney
Estate of the late Annie McFarling, Melbourne, acquired from the above in November 2005
Related Works
Golden Trevally, 2005, synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 92.0 x 137.0 cm, in the collection of The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Mornington Island Arts & Crafts which states: “This painting is about big sandfish which there are plenty of at my country.” Sally Gabori.
Notes: D+H ONLINE is pleased to feature works by Indigenous artists from The Estate of Mrs Annie McFarling.
Annie McFarling was an enthusiastic and eclectic collector. A regular visitor to major commercial galleries such as Alcaston Gallery, Vivien Anderson Gallery and William Mora galleries in Melbourne together with Aboriginal and Pacific Art and Grant Pirrie in Sydney where she informed her appreciation of contemporary Indigenous art and acquired works by artists of renown, a selection of which we are offering here including paintings by Sally Gabori, Jan Billycan and Carmel Yukenbarri.
Condition: This work is in excellent, stable and original condition.