Lot 137: Curly Bardkadubbu 1924-1987 UNTITLED (ROCK WALLABY HUNT) natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

Name: Curly Bardkadubbu 1924-1987 UNTITLED (ROCK WALLABY HUNT) natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 6e335bbaee

Est: $6,000 AUD - $8,000 AUD

Sotheby'sMelbourne, AustraliaJuly 20, 2009

Item Overview

Description

bears artist's name, language group and a short description of the subject depicted on missionary label on the reverse natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

Dimensions

103.5 by 77.5cm

Artist or Maker

Curly Bardkadubbu

Provenance

Painted in the Maningrida region in 1969
Private collection

Notes

Cf. See 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, for a related painting of a black wallaby by the artist and a photo of the artist taken with that painting in the 1960s, p.252, illus.

Auction Details

Aboriginal Art

Sotheby's

July 20, 2009, 12:00 AM GMT

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

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