TEXAS DOWNS COUNTRY - GOWARRI, 1989

Important Australian Indigenous Art
Melbourne
26 March 2024
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ROVER THOMAS (JOOLAMA)

(c.1926 - 1998)
TEXAS DOWNS COUNTRY - GOWARRI, 1989

natural earth pigments and bush gum on canvas

60.0 x 105.0 cm

bears inscription verso: 1989 and cat. ABOP397

Estimate: 
$35,000 – $45,000
Sold for $46,636 (inc. BP) in Auction 77 - 26 March 2024, Melbourne
Provenance

Painted for Mary Macha in 1989 (code 29889)
Private collection
Lawsons, Sydney, 13 September 1994, lot 107 (as 'Gowarri')
The Kelton Collection, Santa Monica, USA
The Kelton Collection, Abell Auctions, Los Angeles, USA, 22 June 2023, lot 315 (as 'Gowarri Dreaming')
Private collection, Perth

This work is accompanied by a copy of the original cataloguing note from Mary Macha.