Birrmuyingathi Maali Netta Loogatha
(born 1942)
My Father’s country, 2006
synthetic polymer paint on linen
137.5 x 92.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist's name, title, medium and Mornington Island Arts & Crafts cat. 1683-L-NL-1006
Estimate:
$2,000 - $3,000
Sold:
$2,700 (inc. BP)
© Birrmuyingathi Maali Netta Loogatha/Copyright Agency 2023
lot details
Mornington Island Arts & Crafts, Queensland (stamped verso)
Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne (cat. AK13327)
Estate of the late Annie McFarling, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2007
Exhibited
Bentinck Island Artists featuring Birrmuyingathi Maali Netta Loogatha, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, 21 August – 15 September 2007
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Mornington Island Arts & Crafts which states:
“This is my father King Alfred’s country on Bentinck Island.” Netta Loogatha
Notes: D+H ONLINE is pleased to feature works by Indigenous artists from the collection 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.