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CLIFFORD POSSUM TJAPALTJARRI (CIRCA 1932-2002)
Warlulurlong 1985
acrylic on canvas
inscribed 'CLIFFORD POSSUM' verso
75 x 61cm
PROVENANCE
Aboriginal Arts Australia, Alice Springs and Aboriginal Artists Gallery, Liverpool Street, Melbourne
Private collection, USA
OTHER NOTES
Aboriginal Arts Australia was one of the network of galleries funded by the federal government to market indigenous art in the 1980s. The vendor is the original purchaser, he is an internationally renowned composer and was at the time in Melbourne as the director of the Musica Viva program at the Arts Centre. He lives in the USA.
The painting was produced by the artist in Mount Allen where he was living at the time, also known as Napperby Station and sold to the Alice Springs gallery for Aboriginal Arts Australia where Daphne Wallace was the manager.
Sold for $4,400
Lot 107
Warlulurlong 1985
acrylic on canvas
inscribed 'CLIFFORD POSSUM' verso
75 x 61cm
PROVENANCE
Aboriginal Arts Australia, Alice Springs and Aboriginal Artists Gallery, Liverpool Street, Melbourne
Private collection, USA
OTHER NOTES
Aboriginal Arts Australia was one of the network of galleries funded by the federal government to market indigenous art in the 1980s. The vendor is the original purchaser, he is an internationally renowned composer and was at the time in Melbourne as the director of the Musica Viva program at the Arts Centre. He lives in the USA.
The painting was produced by the artist in Mount Allen where he was living at the time, also known as Napperby Station and sold to the Alice Springs gallery for Aboriginal Arts Australia where Daphne Wallace was the manager.
Estimate $3,500 - $5,500
Sunday Fine Art Sale March
AUCTION
Sale: LJ5614
2:00pm - 25 March 2012
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
VIEWING
CONTACT
Nicole Salvo
nicole.salvo@leonardjoel.com.au
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