Aboriginal Art
Aboriginal Art
Lofty Bardayal Nadjamerrek
Male Mimih Propositioning a Female Mimih, circa 1975
Auction Closed
May 25, 09:41 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Lofty Bardayal Nadjamerrek
Circa 1926-2009
Male Mimih Propositioning a Female Mimih, circa 1975
Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
Bears artist’s name, moiety, language, area and subject on label on the reverse of frame
21 ½ in by 13 ⅜ in (55 cm by 34 cm)
Painted in Western Arnhem Land
Sotheby’s, Melbourne, Aboriginal and Oceanic Art, 24 November 2009, lot 50
Private Collection, acquired at the above auction
Sotheby’s, Melbourne, Aboriginal and Oceanic Art, 24 November 2009, lot 50
Private Collection, acquired at the above auction
See Djon Mundine et al., They Are Meditating: Bark Paintings from the MCA's Arnott's Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2008, p. 180, for a closely related example.