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Nangunyarri ('Number One') circa 1890-1971
Estimate
2,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description
- Kiritinga, Little Girl
- Natural earth pigments on carved ironwood
- 42cm high
Natural earth pigments on carved ironwood
Provenance
Acquired from the artist at Bathurst Island by Lance Bennett, in the dry season of 1966
The Thomas Vroom Collection, The Netherlands
The Thomas Vroom Collection, The Netherlands
Exhibited
Australië: het land en de mensen, Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden, 6 October 2005 - 27 August 2006
Australia: the land, the people, Gyeonggi Provincial Museum, Yongin - Korea, 18 October 2006 - 25 February 2007
Theme Park - Brook Andrew, AAMU, Utrecht, 17 October 2008 - 1 April 2009
Australia: the land, the people, Gyeonggi Provincial Museum, Yongin - Korea, 18 October 2006 - 25 February 2007
Theme Park - Brook Andrew, AAMU, Utrecht, 17 October 2008 - 1 April 2009
Catalogue Note
Nangunyarri is renowned for his carvings of female figures. While most Tiwi figure sculptures are solid and block-like, some of Nangunyarri’s female sculptures possess a certain delicacy and sensitivity as seen in the narrow legs and attenuated arms of this figure.
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