Lot 66
- 66
TOMMY MITCHELL CIRCA 1943-2013 | Warlpapuka
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description
- Mitchell
- Warlpapuka
- Bears Warakurna Artists number 658-12 on reverse
- Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
- 102 by 102 cm
Provenance
Painted in 2012 at Warakurna, Western Australia for Warakurna Artists
Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney
The Dennis and Debra Scholl Collection, Miami
Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney
The Dennis and Debra Scholl Collection, Miami
Exhibited
Nevada, Nevada Museum of Art, No Boundaries: Aboriginal Australian Contemporary Abstract Painting, 13 February to 13 May 2015, and additional venues:
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, 20 June to 16 August 2015
Pérez Art Museum, Miami, 17 September 2015 to 3 January 2016
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit, 18 January to 15 May 2016
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, New York, 9 June to 14 August 2016
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, 20 June to 16 August 2015
Pérez Art Museum, Miami, 17 September 2015 to 3 January 2016
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit, 18 January to 15 May 2016
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, New York, 9 June to 14 August 2016
Literature
Henry F. Skerritt, ed. et al, No Boundaries: Australian Aboriginal Contemporary Abstract Painting, Prestel Verlag, Munich-London-New York, 2014, p.78, p.80, p.87 (illus.)
Condition
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, on stretcher, unframed. Bears Warakurna Arts number 658-12 and artist’s name on reverse. Please note, there are paint smudges and splatters around extremities of painting consistent with method of production. The work appears to be in excellent condition overall with no visible evidence of repair or restoration.
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