Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art - 14 October 2009 | Melbourne
Lot 131
Jambalula
(1908 - 1960)
FISHING SCENE, 1950S
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
55.5 x 88.5 cm (irregular)
Estimate:
$2,000 - 3,000
Lot sold: $1,320 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Jambalula
(1908 - 1960)
FISHING SCENE, 1950S
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
55.5 x 88.5 cm (irregular)
inscribed verso: ‘Timothy’ [sic] and Spence Museum cat. 63
Jambalula was also known as ‘Timothy’, ‘Timmy’ and ‘Jimmy’
Provenance
Painted in Western Arnhem Land in the 1950s
G.W. Spence Gardens Museum and Gallery, Darwin
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 28 June 1999, lot 120
Private collection, Melbourne