Lot 201
  • 201

ARTIST UNKNOWN, GROOTE EYLANDT

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 AUD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Artist Unknown, Groote Eylandt
  • UNTITLED - MARINE LIFE
  • Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

  • 69.5 by 44 cm

Provenance

Painted at Groote Eylandt in the 1960s
Private collection

Condition

This painting is housed behind perspex in a contemporary box frame. There has been some light pigment loss to various areas of the painting though remaining pigments appear relatively stable. There are some small holes in the bark at each end where it has previously been attached and two fine cracks extending from the top and the bottom
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