Lot 154
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MICK KUBARKKU

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 AUD
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Description

  • Mick Kubarkku
  • WAIJARA SPIRITS DANCING IN STONE COUNTRY c.1973
  • Bears artist's name, title, and catalogue number GU/88 on the reverse
  • Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
  • 74.5 by 59 cm

Provenance

Painted in Western Arnhem Land
Private collection, Melbourne

Condition

Bark is in stable condition. There are only small areas of pigment loss. There is some restoration apparent to a split at the top left hand corner which appears to have been done professionally.
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Catalogue Note

This painting is sold with accompanying correspondence written to the vendor by Judith Ryan, Senior Curator of Indeginous Art at the National Gallery of Victoria, in which she provides further information with regard to the subject matter depicted.