Important Australian Aboriginal Art - 30 March 2022 | Melbourne
Lot 11
UNTITLED (SPIRIT BEING, LONG NECKED TURTLE AND BARRAMUNDI)
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
67.0 x 134.0 cm (irregular)
Estimate:
$30,000 – $50,000
Lot sold: $34,364 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
UNTITLED (SPIRIT BEING, LONG NECKED TURTLE AND BARRAMUNDI)
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
67.0 x 134.0 cm (irregular)
Provenance
Most likely produced in the first half of the twentieth century
Acquired at an Antiques Gallery in Unley Road, Unley, South Australia in 1965
Estate of Mr. Gary Bradley, Melbourne
Thence by descent
Private collection, Victoria
Catalogue text
Image
Paintings on the inside of bark shelters built for the Wet,
Goyder River, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, c.1924
photographer: Sir George Hubert Wilkins
State Library of New South Wales, Sydney