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Lot 146

George Noel Gittoes (Australian/Aboriginal, b. 1949).

Estimate: $500 - $700
Starting Bid
$250

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George Noel Gittoes (Australian/Aboriginal, b. 1949).
Untitled (Ancient Rock Wall, Kakadu National Park, Australia).
Oil and mixed media on canvas, signed 'Gittoes' (lower right), framed.
36 x 45in. (92 x 114cm).
44 x 53in. (112 x 135cm/frame).
George Noel Gittoes, a filmmaker, artist, photographer, and writer. For the greater part of his career he has focused on human conflict, but always as a personal eye-witness. Since 1986 this has meant constant travel to war zones and areas of conflict

The National Gallery of Australia holds 185 works by Gittoe

Exhibitions
George Gittoes - Heavy industry, Wollongong City Gallery (8 May 1992 – 21 June 1992)[59]
George Gittoes: World Diary, multiple venues in NSW and Queensland (23 November 2000 – 8 July 2001)[59]
Witness to War, Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, Texas (April 2011)[60]

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