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Lot 198: YIRAWALA , CIRCA 1903-1976 DANCING MIMIHS AND MOSQUITO PEOPLE Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

Est: $8,000 AUD - $12,000 AUD
Sotheby'sSydney, AustraliaOctober 20, 2008

Item Overview

Description

Bears artist's name, dated 1971 and numbered 26 on the reverse Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

Dimensions

34.7 by 18 cm

Artist or Maker

Provenance

Painted at Minjilang, Croker Island, Western Arnhem Land
Private Collection

Notes

Cf. Holmes, S. Le Brun, Yirawala: Artist and Man, Jacaranda Press, Milton, 1972, pp.8-9, for another related painting see The Attack on the Mosquito People

Auction Details

Aboriginal Art

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

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