Lot 17: BOBBY BARRDJARAY NGAINJMIRRA 1915-1992 MYTHICAL RAINBOW SERPENT SAMUEL GANARRADJ MANGGUDJA CIRCA 1909-1983 RAINBOW SERPENT

Name: BOBBY BARRDJARAY NGAINJMIRRA 1915-1992 MYTHICAL RAINBOW SERPENT SAMUEL GANARRADJ MANGGUDJA CIRCA 1909-1983 RAINBOW SERPENT
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: f21f396ece

Est: $3,000 AUD - $5,000 AUDSold:

Sotheby'sMelbourne, AustraliaNovember 24, 2009

Item Overview

Description

bears artist's name Badjarai [sic] on the reverse; bears artist's name Sam and title on the reverse

Dimensions

27.9 BY 44.5CM; 34.9 BY 47CM; (2 items in this lot).

Artist or Maker

Bobby Barrdjaray Ngainjmirra

Medium

both natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

Provenance

Both were painted at Oenpelli (Gunbalanya), Western Arnhem Land
Collection of William McE. Miller, Jr, USA

Notes

Cf. For similar examples see, Hetti Perkins, Crossing Country: The Alchemy of Western Arnhem Land Art, Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2004, pp.44-45 and Linda Michael (ed.), Djon Mundine, et al, They are Meditating: Bark Paintings from the MCA's Arnott's Collection, Sydney: Museum of Contemporary Art, 2008, pp. 154 & 167

Auction Details

Aboriginal and Oceanic Art

Sotheby's

November 24, 2009, 02:00 PM GMT

926 High Street Armadale, Melbourne, ACT, 3143, AU

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