ADA BIRD PETYARRE
TOP 10 ARTWORKS SOLD AT AUCTION

Atnangkere (Awelye) 1990
Synthetic polymer paint on linen, bears artist's name, Delmore Gallery catalogue number 91J91 on the reverse and exhibition labels from the Haywood Gallery, London, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf and Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne on stretcher, 151 x 122.5 cm
Est: $8,000-12,000, Sotheby's, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 28/06/1999, Lot No. 97
A$24,000
A$27,600

Womens Ceremony for the Mountain Desert Lizard 1992
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, bears signed artist's name and Mulga Bore Artists catalogue number 38/1192, and signed Rodney Gooch MBA on the reverse, 230 x 164 cm
Est: $8,000-12,000, Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 26/06/2000, Lot No. 128
A$14,000
A$16,100

Atnankere Dreaming 1997
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, bears Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory label on the reverse, 132 x 192 cm
Est: $12,000-18,000, Mossgreen Auctions, The Ian & Sue Bernadt Collection, Sydney, 30/08/2010, Lot No. 11
A$13,000
A$15,535

Atnankere Dreaming, 1997
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 134 x 192 cm
Est: $12,000-18,000, Phillips Auctioneers, 20th Century Art & Design, Sydney, 16/11/1999, Lot No. 12
A$13,500
A$15,525

Womens Ceremony for the Mountain Desert Lizard 1992
Acrylic on canvas, inscribed with Mulga Bore catalogue number 38-1192 - Ada Bird - Rodney Gooch MBA on canvas verso, 230 x 164 cm
Est: $10,000-15,000, Leonard Joel, Australian and European Paintings, Melbourne, 07/08/2007, Lot No. 480
A$10,000
A$11,636

Sacred Grasses, 1994
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 153 x 122 cm
Est: $4,000-6,000, Mossgreen Auctions, Aboriginal Art From the Collection of John W. Kluge; The Paul Greenburg Collection, Melbourne, 06/06/2012, Lot No. 32
A$7,500
A$9,150

Atnangkere Country, 1990
Synthetic polymer paint on linen, 245 x 145 cm
Est: $8,000-12,000, Lawson~Menzies (now trading as Menzies), Aboriginal Art Auction, Sydney, 23/11/2004, Lot No. 90
A$7,000
A$8,400

A Tnankere Country c. 1998/1999
Synthetic polymer on linen, 312 x 122 cm
Goodmans Auctioneers, Paintings, Jewellery etc. (Art lots only), Sydney, 09/04/2000, Lot No. 92
A$7,000
A$8,050

Sacred Grasses, c. 1996
Synthetic polymer paint on linen, 133 x 132 cm
Est: $6,000-8,000, Lawson~Menzies (now trading as Menzies), Fine Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 31/05/2005, Lot No. 166
A$6,000
A$7,200

Seeds
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, with Rodney Gooch number 1-102 on the reverse, 83 x 108 cm
Est: $4,000-6,000, Christies, Australian Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 30/08/2005, Lot No. 162
A$5,500
A$6,572