Important Aboriginal Works of Art - 25 May 2016 | Melbourne
Lot 3
Mandidja (Mandidi)
(c.1900 – 1963)
NAKIDJKIDJ SPIRITS, 1956
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
71.0 x 34.0 cm
Estimate:
$8,000 – 12,000
Lot sold: $17,080 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Mandidja (Mandidi)
(c.1900 – 1963)
NAKIDJKIDJ SPIRITS, 1956
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
71.0 x 34.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, language group - Gunwinggu, location and Bennett Collection number 3 on attached certificate
Provenance
Dorothy Bennett, Darwin, acquired from the artist who was living near Oenpelli in 1956 (descriptive label verso)
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 9 July 2001, lot 18 (label attached verso)
Collection of the late Duncan Kentish, Adelaide