Witchetty Grub Dreaming
60.96 cms x 81.28 cms (24 ins x 32 ins)
Signed verso, titled on label verso, inscribed verso 'Springvale Station - place where the witchetty grub comes out of the ground after the first rain every year
Lot offered for sale by Saskatchewan NAC, Regina at the auction event "Saskatchewan And Canadian Indigenous Art" held on Sun, May 15, 2022.
Lot 194
Lot 194
Estimate: CAD $1,400 - $1,800
Realised: CAD $1,180
Realised: CAD $1,180
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Inscribed 'Warringarri Aboriginal Arts' verso. Creative Native Aboriginal Art Gallery (Perth, Australia) certificate of authenticity attached verso.
Notes:
Rusty Peters was born in Barlinyin (Springvale), Australia in 1934. He worked as a stockman for many years, but eventually moved to Turkey Creek to help a group of Gija artists start a school teaching traditional ways, the Gija language and traditional art making. In 1989 Peters moved to Kununurra to work at Waringarri Aboriginal Arts gropu, then in 1997 to Crocodile Hole to join artist Freddie Timms at the Jirrawun Aboriginal Arts group. There he began working with larger canvasses while still using charcoal and red and yellow ochres. Rusty Peters work has been widely exhibited across Australia and internationally, and can be found in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, National Gallery of Australia, University of Melbourne, and Australia Artbank, among many others. Rusty Peters died in July 2020, in Kununurra, Western Australia.
Inscribed 'Warringarri Aboriginal Arts' verso. Creative Native Aboriginal Art Gallery (Perth, Australia) certificate of authenticity attached verso.
Notes:
Rusty Peters was born in Barlinyin (Springvale), Australia in 1934. He worked as a stockman for many years, but eventually moved to Turkey Creek to help a group of Gija artists start a school teaching traditional ways, the Gija language and traditional art making. In 1989 Peters moved to Kununurra to work at Waringarri Aboriginal Arts gropu, then in 1997 to Crocodile Hole to join artist Freddie Timms at the Jirrawun Aboriginal Arts group. There he began working with larger canvasses while still using charcoal and red and yellow ochres. Rusty Peters work has been widely exhibited across Australia and internationally, and can be found in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, National Gallery of Australia, University of Melbourne, and Australia Artbank, among many others. Rusty Peters died in July 2020, in Kununurra, Western Australia.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Saskatchewan NAC auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Saskatchewan NAC auction house for permission to use.