Aboriginal Art
Aboriginal Art
Property from the Collection of Fiona Brockhoff
Samuel Wagbara
Namarnday Spirits, 1960
Auction Closed
May 25, 09:41 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Fiona Brockhoff
Samuel Wagbara
Circa 1928 - 1979
Namarnday Spirits, 1960
Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
Incorrectly inscribed with the name of Paddy Compass on the reverse
33 ¾ in by 17 ¼ in (86 cm by 44 cm)
Painted at Minjilang, Croker Island, Western Arnhem Land
Dorothy Bennett, Darwin
Wesfarmers Limited, Perth, acquired from the above in 1989
Sotheby’s, Sydney, Aboriginal and Tribal Art, 9 November 1997, lot 7, consigned by the above
Fiona Brockhoff, Melbourne, acquired at the above auction
Dorothy Bennett, Darwin
Wesfarmers Limited, Perth, acquired from the above in 1989
Sotheby’s, Sydney, Aboriginal and Tribal Art, 9 November 1997, lot 7, consigned by the above
Fiona Brockhoff, Melbourne, acquired at the above auction
See Michaela Appel, ed., Inspired by Country: Bark Paintings from Northern Australia, Munich, 2022, p.264, cat. no. 105, for a closely related example in the collection of the Museum Fünf Kontinente, Munich, and see two others in the collections of the Australian Museum and the Art Gallery of New South Wales published in Hetti Perkins, Crossing Country: The Alchemy of Western Arnhem Land Art, Sydney, 2004, p. 28 and p. 230.