UNTITLED, 2003

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Sydney
22 November 2023
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© courtesy of The Estate of Paddy Bedford
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PADDY NYUNKUNY BEDFORD

(c.1922 - 2007)
UNTITLED, 2003

gouache on crescent board

51.0 x 76.5 cm

bears a written dedication to the recipient verso, dictated by Paddy Bedford and transcribed by Tony Oliver: ‘To my friends Peter and Karen,
thank you, lawyer that a true story – everything.
Gardia damage them at Bedford Downs. Proove it now
No matter gardia don’t believe.
Paddy Quilty got wild over bullock – but other gardia wanted those blackfella women.
My mum carrying me when bad thing happen with cheeky gardia.
Paddy Quilty give me his name – “We’ll have to call him after me – ‘Paddy Bedford’.’
That Trevor Smith and Jack Carey they cheeky gardia – Carey bad man cut women’s milk and miller (vagina) – BAD PEOPLE – Murders – cut man’s prick as well.
Thank you, from Lawman Paddy – I know everything law way. I got olden time law that old people show us.
Paddy Bedford, October 2003, Kununurra
 
Paddy Bedford
gouache on crescent board
September 2003
Jirrawun Arts
Kununurra, WA'

Estimate: 
AU$12,000 – $15,000
Sold for $12,273 (inc. BP) in Auction 76 - 22 November 2023, Sydney
Provenance

Jirrawun Arts, Kununurra, Western Australia
Paddy Bedford, Kununurra
Private collection, Melbourne, a gift from the above