Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art - 14 October 2009 | Melbourne
Lot 133
Jimmy Midjaw Midjaw (Mijau Mijau)
(1897 - 1985)
DANCING MIMIHS, c.1960
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
64.0 x 22.5 cm (irregular)
Estimate:
$5,000 - 7,000
Lot Details
Description
Jimmy Midjaw Midjaw (Mijau Mijau)
(1897 - 1985)
DANCING MIMIHS, c.1960
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
64.0 x 22.5 cm (irregular)
Provenance
Painted at Minjilang, Croker Island, Western Arnhem Land, c.1960
Dorothy Bennett Collection, Darwin
The Barnett Collection, Columbia University, New York
The Australia Gallery, New York
Private collection
Sotheby's, Sydney, 25 November 2007, lot 85
Private collection, Sydney