BARRAMUNDI DREAMING, 1992

Beyond Sacred: Aboriginal Art, The Laverty Collection
Sydney
8 March 2015
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ROVER THOMAS (JOOLAMA)

(c.1926 - 1998)
BARRAMUNDI DREAMING, 1992

natural earth pigments with bush gum on canvas

60.0 x 100.0 cm

inscribed verso: artist's name, date, title and signed by Mary Macha

Estimate: 
$50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $60,000 (inc. BP) in Auction 38 - 8 March 2015, Sydney
Provenance

Mary Macha, Subiaco, Perth
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, purchased in July 1992

Literature

Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australia's Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 2008, pp. 206–207 (illus.)

Catalogue text

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