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Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art - 4 April 2012  |  Melbourne

Lot 26
Mawalan Marika
(c.1908 - 1967)
BREMER ISLAND TURTLE HUNT, 1965

natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

54.0 x 125.0 cm (irregular)



Estimate:
$7,000 - 10,000


Lot sold: $7,200 (inc. BP)


Lot Details

Description

Mawalan Marika
(c.1908 - 1967)
BREMER ISLAND TURTLE HUNT, 1965

natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

54.0 x 125.0 cm (irregular)

inscribed on distressed label verso: artist's name, date, language group, moiety and descriptive notes (obscured by frame)

Provenance

Executed at Yirrkala, March 1965
Collection of James A. Davidson, Melbourne
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 24 July 2007, lot 88
Corporate collection, Melbourne
Joel Fine Art, Melbourne, 3 June 2008, lot 92
Private collection, Melbourne