Lot 87
Gurlabal 2010
natural earth pigments on canvas
inscribed verso with artist's name and Warmun Art Centre cat. no. WAC 164/10
120.5 x 180cm
Estimate $6,000 - $8,000
Warmun Art Centre, Western Australia (accompanied by the certificate of authenticity)
Private collection, Melbourne
"Tommy has painted his father's country around Doon Doon in Western Australia. This place is about ninety kilometres north of Warmun and was traditionally owned by Tommy's family. Tommy has depicted here a place on this country where the water snake - Gurlabal - entered the earth in the Ngarrangkarni [Dreaming]. The strong sinuous forms in the centre of the canvas are the hills surrounding two caves where the snake emerged from and returned to the ground."
As stated on the Warmun Art certificate of authenticity
© Tommy Carroll/Copyright Agency, 2026
Fine Art
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8806
6:00pm - 17 March 2026
Hawthorn
VIEWING
Fri 13 - Sun 15 March, 11am - 5pm
2 Oxley Rd, Hawthorn VIC
CONTACT
Wiebke Brix
wiebke.brix@leonardjoel.com.au
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