Property from the Collection of Fiona Brockhoff
Tapara (the Moon Man)
Auction Closed
May 20, 09:03 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Attributed to Jimmy Kerinaiua
active circa 1960s
Tapara (The Moon Man), circa 1960s
Natural earth pigments on carved ironwood
Height: 19 in (48 cm)
Executed in Mandiimpu country, Southern Melville Island, circa 1960
Dorothy Bennett, Darwin, acquired circa 1960
Wesfarmers Limited, Perth, acquired from the above in 1989
Sotheby’s, Sydney, Aboriginal and Tribal Art, November 9, 1997, lot 44, consigned by the above
Fiona Brockhoff, Melbourne, acquired at the above auction
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Open Air: Portraits in the Landscape, December 3, 2008 - March 1, 2009
This sculpture was originally catalogued in the Dorothy Bennett Collection as being by Benedict Palmeiua Munkara. However, it bears no stylistic resemblance to any known sculptures by Munkara, and is by the same hand as two sculptures in the Lance Bennett Collection, recorded as being created by Jimmy Kerinaiua.
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