YIRAWALA, CIRCA 1905-1976

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 AUD

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Description

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

Catalogue Note

PROVENANCE Painted at Minjilang, Croker Island, Western Arnhem Land Brettschneider, Munich, Germany K. Brommer, Stuttgart, Germany Private collection, Budapest Sotheby's Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, June 26 & 27, 2000, lot 9 LITERATURE Bodrigi, T., Budapest 1981, Stammeskunst I, Australien, Ozeanien, Afrika Adbl.11 It is probable that this fine early bark painting, by Yirawala, was collected by Karel Kupka, the famous Czech-French collector.