BARK PAINTING: 'BUSH', UNKNOWN

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Image: Bark painting of 8 trees, 3 grass trees, shrubs, 10 birds flying in background. Main colours are white, black, grey & brown.

Painting by an Indigenous female artist who lived on Bagot Rd. Her son (aged between 8 & 10) sold it to Mrs. Day for $10. Mrs. Day had it framed.

Frame: Grey painted wooden frame with a glass panel over the picture. Plywood backing with wire attached for hanging. Two round ended hooks for the wire are screwed into the frame.

Reverse: The plywood backing is nailed to the frame and the nails are covered by brown sticky tape. On the bottom of the back is a sticker with 'Framed by Quarrell's, 95 James Street, Perth. Phone 28 7268'.

Also written in pencil on the back is 'Day, 1/d (illegible), 8250'.

Historical information

Painting by an Indigenous female artist who lived on Bagot Rd. Her son (aged between 8 & 10) sold it to Mrs. Day for $10. Mrs. Day had it framed.

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cwa-org-43-1996.32

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Statement of significance

Artwork is significant as it was created by an unidentified female Indigenous artist who lived on Bagot Road in the 1970s. The painting was purchased and framed by another local resident.

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Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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