Is a large and luscious canvas about to set a new auction record for the acclaimed Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori? Crispin Gutteridge, head of Aboriginal art at auctioneers Deutscher and Hackett, thinks so.

The fame of the late Sally Gabori reached its apogee last year with a grandly-mounted solo exhibition of her work at the Jean Nouvel-designed FondationCartier pour l’art contemporain in Paris.