Jimmy Mijau Mijau
Untitled (Rock Python and Flying Foxes), 1960
Auction Closed
May 25, 09:41 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Jimmy Mijau Mijau
Cira 1897-1985
Untitled (Rock Python and Flying Foxes), 1960
Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
Bears a Dorothy Bennett label on the reverse
27 ¾ in by 21 ¼ in (71 cm by 54 cm)
Painted in Western Arnhem Land, circa 1960
Dorothy Bennett, Darwin
American Private Collection
Bonhams, Sydney, Aboriginal Art, 19 November 2012, lot 17
Private Collection, acquired at the above auction
Dorothy Bennett, Darwin
American Private Collection
Bonhams, Sydney, Aboriginal Art, 19 November 2012, lot 17
Private Collection, acquired at the above auction
See Wally Caruana, Aboriginal Art, London, 1989, pp. 30-33, pl. 5 for a closely related painting of the same subject matter, collected by Karel Kupka, and now in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
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