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Lot 164
  • 164

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Estimate
180,000 - 250,000 AUD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Various Artists
  • SEVENTEEN DANCE BOARDS AND TWO MASKS RELATING TO THE GUIRR GUIRR (sic.) CYCLE HECTOR CHUNDALOOJANDANAYCIRCA 1927-2006TIGER MOOREBORN CIRCA 1940MONA RAMSEYBORN 1938RUSTY PETERSBORN CIRCA 1935PEGGY PATRICKBORN CIRCA 1935BETTY CARRINGTONBORN 1945QUEENIE McKENZIECIRCA 1930-1998PATRICK MUNG MUNGBORN CIRCA 1944BETTY MUNG MUNGGORDON BARNEYBORN CIRCA 1945

  • Bears artist's name 'Tiger Moore', story 'Tiger Moore', catalogue number AP1020, 'MCA NOV '96' and 'Dance' on the reverse

    Bears artist's name 'Mona Ramsey', catalogue number AP1027, Pe994, 'MCA NOV '96' and 'Rover Thomas Dreaming "The Guirr Guirr"' on the reverse

    Bears artist's name 'Rusty Peters', catalogue number AP1026,'MCA NOV '96', 'Dance' and 'Rover Thomas Dreaming "The Guirr Guirr"' on the reverse

    Bears artist's name 'Peggy Patrick', story 'Peggy Patrick', 'MCA NOV '96', catalogue number AP1029 and 'Rover Thomas Dreaming "The Guirr Guirr"' on the reverse

    Bears artist's name 'Patrick Mung', 'Bungle Bungle', 'MCA NOV '96', catalogue number AP1028 and 'Rover Thomas Dreaming "The Guirr Guirr"' on the reverse

    Bears artist's name 'Ray Patrick', story 'Peggy Patrick', 'MCA NOV '96', catalogue number AP1026, 'Dance' and 'Rover Thomas Dreaming "The Guirr Guirr"' on the reverse

    Bears artist's name 'Betty Carrington', 'Bungle Bungle gawaring', 'MCA NOV '96', catalogue number AP1024 and 'Rover Thomas Dreaming "The Guirr Guirr"' on the reverse

    Bears artist's name 'Hector Chunda', 'MCA NOV '96' and catalogue number AP1019 on the reverse

    Bears artist's name 'Queenie McKenzie', 'MCA NOV '96' and catalogue number AP1021 on the reverse

    Bears artist's name 'Patrick Mung', story 'Patrick Mung', Song 'Group', 'MCA NOV '96', catalogue number AP1031 and 'Rover Thomas Dreaming "The Guirr Guirr"' and 'Dance' on the reverse

    Bears artist's name 'Tiger Moore', story 'Tiger Moore', 'MCA NOV '96', catalogue number AP1022 and 'Rover Thomas Dreaming "The Guirr Guirr"' and 'Dance' on the reverse

    Bears artist's name 'Tiger Moore', story 'Hector Chunda', 'NOV '96 MCA', catalogue number AP1035, 'Rover Thomas Dreaming "The Guirr Guirr"' and 'Dance' on the reverse

    Bears artist's name 'Mona Ramsey', story 'Mona', 'MCA 'NOV '96 ', catalogue number AP1032, 'Rover Thomas Dreaming "The Guirr Guirr"' and 'Dance' on the reverse

    Bears artist's name 'Queenie McKenzie', 'NOV '96 MCA', catalogue number AP1033, 'Rover Thomas Dreaming "The Guirr Guirr"' and 'Dance' on the reverse

    Bears artist's name 'Betty Mung', story 'Tiger Moore', 'MCA 'NOV '96 ', catalogue number AP1034, 'Rover Thomas Dreaming "The Guirr Guirr"' and 'Dance' on the reverse

    Bears artist's name 'Gordon Barney', song 'Group', 'MCA 'NOV '96 ', catalogue number AP1030, 'Rover Thomas Dreaming "The Guirr Guirr"' and 'Dance' on the reverse

    Bears artist's name 'Gordon Barney' and 'Clancy Patrick', story 'Tiger Moore', 'MCA 'NOV '96 ', catalogue number AP1023, 'Rover Thomas Dreaming "The Guirr Guirr"' and 'Dance' on the reverse

  • Dance boards: Natural earth pigments on composition board
    Masks: Natural earth pigments on cardboard

  • 99.5 by 67 cm, 70 by 70 cm, 70 by 70 cm, 70 by 70 cm, 70 by 70 cm, 70 by 70 cm, 70 by 70 cm, 100 by 70 cm, 99 by 70 cm, 78.5 by 90 cm (irregular), 78.5 by 90 cm (irregular), 68.5 by 100 cm ((irregular), 69.5 by 98.5 cm (irregular), 68.5 by 99.5 cm (irregular), 68.5 by 99.5 cm (irregular), 79 by 90 cm (irregular), 79.5 by 90 cm (irregular), 44 by 57 cm (irregular), 44 by 58 cm (irregular)

Provenance

Executed by the artists for a dance performance and exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney in November 1996
Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kununurra
Private collection

Exhibited

Gurirr Gurirr; Visual Art and Performance by Artists from Warmun and Doon Doon, W.A., Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, November 1996

Condition

First hand inspection is recommended to the buyer prior to purchase of this lot as some of teh boards are warped and there are many smudges, scuffs, finger marks and cracks within many of the surfaces. The paintings have been wrapped and stored since their use in the Guirr Guirr performance and a re in a relatively vibrant state though the buyer should be aware that they are used dance boards.
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Catalogue Note

Cf. For images of Kurirr Kurirr (Krill Krill, Gurirr Gurirr) panels painted by Paddy Tjamatji (Djamindji) and used in the performances, in the collection of the Berndt Museum, see Stanton, J. E., Innovative Aboriginal Art of Western Australia, The University of Western Australia, Anthropology Research Museum, Perth, Occasional Paper No.1, 1988, p.16, numbers 27-9; Stanton, J. E., Painting the Country: Contemporary Aboriginal art from the Kimberley region, Western Australia, The University of Western Australia Press, Perth, 1989, pp.34-6, pl.30-2; for works in the collection of the National Museum of Australia, also by Paddy Tjamatji, see Taylor, L. (ed.), Painting the Land Story, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, 1999, pp.25- 31, pl.6 (Jimpi the devil-devil, c.1978), pl.8 (Kanmanturr, Elgee Cliffs, c.1978), pl.9 (Tawurr the kangaroo at Kanmanturr, c.1978) and pl.10 (Cyclone Tracy), c.1978. For a series of Kurirr Kurirr boards not used in a performance painted by Rover Thomas and Paddy Tjamatji, see Thomas, R. with K. Akerman, M. Macha, W. Christensen and W. Caruana, Roads Cross: The paintings of Rover Thomas, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1994, pp.28-35 and back cover.