Aboriginal Art from the Luczo Family Collection - 19 October 2016 | Melbourne
Lot 18
Aurangnamirri Wommatakimmi
(c.1920 – 1973)
UNTITLED, (DOUBLE-SIDED TIWI FIGURE), c.1960
natural earth pigments on carved hardwood
85.5 cm height
Estimate:
$10,000 – 15,000
Lot sold: $3,660 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Aurangnamirri Wommatakimmi
(c.1920 – 1973)
UNTITLED, (DOUBLE-SIDED TIWI FIGURE), c.1960
natural earth pigments on carved hardwood
85.5 cm height
Provenance
Created on Melville Island, c.1960
The Louis A. Allen Collection, acquired in the Northern Territory in the early 1970s
Private Collection, California,
Thence by descent
Private Collection, California, acquired from the above
Sotheby's, New York
The Luczo Family Collection, USA, purchased from the above by private treaty in 2007