Important Aboriginal Art - 25 March 2009 | Melbourne
Lot 119
Bobyin Nongah
UNTITLED, (KUNMANGGUR-THE BRINGER OF LIFE), 1975
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
68.5 x 32.0 cm
Estimate:
$6,000 - $8,000
Lot Details
Description
Bobyin Nongah UNTITLED, (KUNMANGGUR-THE BRINGER OF LIFE), 1975
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
68.5 x 32.0 cm
inscribed verso: artist's name, location and date
Provenance
Painted for the Port Keats Mission,Wadeye (Port Keats) in 1975
Lawsons, Sydney, 24 May 1999, lot 243
Private collection, Melbourne
Literature
Allen, Louis A., Time Before Morning; Art and Myth of the Australian Aborigines, Thomas Y Crowell Company, New York, 1975, pp. 81–88