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Lot 30: DICK NGULEINGULEI MURRAMURRA CIRCA 1920-1988 EVIL SPIRIT

Est: $4,000 AUD - $6,000 AUDSold:
Sotheby'sMelbourne, AustraliaNovember 24, 2009

Item Overview

Description


Dimensions

67.3 BY 40.6CM

Artist or Maker

Medium

natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

Provenance

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

Notes



Cf. Namarnde (Devil spirit), c.1973, by Dick Nguleingulei in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, in 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, p.177, (illus.).

Auction Details

Aboriginal and Oceanic Art

by
Sotheby's
November 24, 2009, 02:00 PM GMT

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