Sally Gabori Kayardild/Kaiadilt language group, circa 1924-2015
Thundi, 2012
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
60 x 78 inches (151 x 198 cm)
© Sally Gabori/Copyright Agency. Licensed by Artists Rights Society, NY, 2026
Provenance
The Artist, painted at Mornington Island, Queensland
Mornington Island Arts, Queensland, cat. no. 7849-L-SG-0912
Private Collection, New South Wales
D'Lan Contemporary, Melbourne
Collection of Steve Martin & Anne Stringfield, New York
Exhibitions
60 over 50: 60 Paintings from 50 Years of Australian First Nations Art, UOVO, New York, 15 - 20 May 2023Publications
Merlino, Vanessa, and Luke Scholes. 60 over 50: 60 Paintings from 50 Years of Australian First Nations Art. UOVO, 2023 (illus.)
Mundine, Djon. Gabori: The Corrigan Collection of Paintings by Sally. Macmillan Art Publishing, 2015, p. 194.
"Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori depicts her father's Country, Thundi, on Bentinck Island in the South Wellesley Islands, a small archipelago in the Gulf of Carpentaria in far north Queensland. Thundi was described by Gabori as 'bush Country', a place adjacent to a river near the island's northern tip on its north-eastern coast."
— © The Estate of the Artist and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
Related artworks
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Sally Gabori, Nyinyilki, 2011 -
Sally Gabori, Dibirdibi Country, 2010
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Sally Gabori, My Country, 2009
