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Lot 81: - DICK NGULEINGULEI MURRAMURRA , CIRCA 1920-1988 TURTLE AND ROCK Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

Est: $3,000 AUD - $5,000 AUDSold:
Sotheby'sSydney, AustraliaOctober 20, 2008

Item Overview

Description

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

Dimensions

52.8 by 20.8 cm

Artist or Maker

Provenance

Painted at Western Arnhem Land in the early 1970s
Church Missionery Society, Oenpelli (Label on reverse of frame)
Jerome Gould, Los Angeles, Private collection

Notes

The C.M.S label reads 'Turtle and Rock', embodying the spirit of the early 'Dreamtime turtle'
This painting is sold with a photocopy ofJerome Gould's catalogue notes on this painting, catalogue number 20

Auction Details

Aboriginal Art

by
Sotheby's
October 20, 2008, 06:30 PM AEST

118-122 Queen Street Woollahra, Sydney, NSW, 2025, AU