Part 2: Important Aboriginal Art - 26 November 2014 | Melbourne
Lot 115
Narritjin Maymuru
(1922 - 1981)
GULWARRK - ANCESTRAL CREATOR SPIRIT, 1964
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
119.0 x 31.5 cm
Estimate:
$3,500 - 4,500
Lot sold: $4,800 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Narritjin Maymuru
(1922 - 1981)
GULWARRK - ANCESTRAL CREATOR SPIRIT, 1964
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
119.0 x 31.5 cm
Provenance
Private collection, Melbourne
Exhibited
Aratjara: Art of the First Australians, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, West Germany, 24 April – 4 July 1993; Hayward Gallery, London, 23 July – 10 October 1993; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark, 11 February – 23 May 1994; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 23 June – 15 August 1994 (label attached verso)
Literature
Aratjara: Art of the First Australians, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, West Germany, 1993, cat. 47, p. 176 (illus.)