Lanyirrda ("Billy")

Lance Bennett, acquired from the artist at Mudjinberri (Mudjinbardi), 1966

The Thomas Vroom Collection, The Netherlands

Sotheby's, London, Aboriginal Art - Thomas Vroom Collection, June 10, 2015, lot 28

Private Collection

Museum of Contemporary Aboriginal Art (AAMU), Utrecht, Brook Andrew - Theme Park, October 17, 2008 - April 1, 2009

Lance Bennett's accompanying documentation reads in part:

"The artist has here shown a male namarnde with his two wives. He is making love to the younger wife while the older wife waits. The long feather which the male spirit is wearing as decoration is a typical feature of paintings of spirits in the rock and bark art of Western Arnhem Land."

Image Credits

Lanyirrda ("Billy") © Estate of Lance Bennett