Aboriginal Art from the Luczo Family Collection - 19 October 2016 | Melbourne
Lot 20
Mani-Luki (Harry Carpenter) Wommatakimmi
(c.1914 – 1980)
PURUKAPALI AND BIMA, 1962
natural earth pigments on carved softwood
49.5 and 48.5 cm height
Estimate:
$15,000 – 20,000 (2)
Lot sold: $12,200 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Mani-Luki (Harry Carpenter) Wommatakimmi
(c.1914 – 1980)
PURUKAPALI AND BIMA, 1962
natural earth pigments on carved softwood
49.5 and 48.5 cm height
Provenance
Private collection, Adelaide, acquired at Milikapiti, Melville Island, 1962
Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 24 July 2007, lot 76
The Luczo Family Collection, USA
Literature
Isaacs, J., Tiwi: Art / History / Culture, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2012, p. 69 (illus. as ‘Macassan Figures’)