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b. 1924 - d. 1989

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    • THOMAS NANDJIWARA AMAGULA (c.1926-1989) Untitled c.1960 natural earth pigments on bark
      Apr. 11, 2022

      THOMAS NANDJIWARA AMAGULA (c.1926-1989) Untitled c.1960 natural earth pigments on bark

      Est: $800 - $1,200

      THOMAS NANDJIWARA AMAGULA (c.1926-1989) Untitled c.1960 natural earth pigments on bark artist's name inscribed verso 39.5 x 66cm PROVENANCE: Taylor A. Dale, Santa Fe, New Mexico The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1999

      Leonard Joel
    • Thomas Nanjiwarra Amagula circa 1924-1989 HOW THE STARS WERE MADE (ROLLA-MANO) (CIRCA 1960) natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bar...
      Jun. 05, 2012

      Thomas Nanjiwarra Amagula circa 1924-1989 HOW THE STARS WERE MADE (ROLLA-MANO) (CIRCA 1960) natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bar...

      Est: $6,000 - $8,000

      Thomas Nanjiwarra Amagula circa 1924-1989 HOW THE STARS WERE MADE (ROLLA-MANO) (CIRCA 1960) natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark 46 X 64CM PROVENANCE Painted at Oenpelli (Gunbalanya), Western Arnhem Land Church Missionary Society, Oenpelli The Collection of William McElwee Miller, Jr, United States of America EXHIBITED The Art of Arnhem Land: From the Collection of William McE. Miller, Jr, The Taylor Museum of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 1966, no.18, illustrated LITERATURE Robert L. Shalkop, The Art of Arnhem Land: From the Collection of William McE. Miller, Jr, The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado, 1966, no.18, illustrated 'Rolla-Mano was the old man of the sea. The blue ocean, with all its wonderful treasures of glistening pearls, white foam and pink coral, belonging to him. In the depths of the sea, he ruled a kingdom of shadows and strange forms, to which the light of the sun descended in green and grey beams. The forests of this weird land were many trees of brown sea-kelp, whose long arms waived slowly to and fro with the ebb and flow of the water. Here and there were patches of sea grass, fine and soft as a snow maiden's hair. In the shadows of the trees lurked a thousand terrors of the deep. In a dark rocky cave, a giant octopus spread its long, writhing tenticles in search of its prey, and gazed the while through the water with large lustreless eyes. In and out of the kelp a grey shark swam swiftly and without apparent motion, while bright-colored fish darted out of the path of danger. Across the rippled sand a great crab ambled awkwardly to its hiding place behind a white-fluted clam shell. And over all waved the long, brown arms of the sea kelp forest. Such was the kingdom of Rolla-Mano, the old man of the sea. One day Rolla-Mano went to fish in a lonely mangrove swamp close to the sea shore. He caught many fish, and cooked them at a fire. While eating his meal he noticed two women approach him. Their beautiful bodies were as lithe and graceful as the wattle tree, and in their eyes was the soft light of the dusk. When they spoke, their voices were as sweet and low as the sighing of the night breeze through the reeds in the river. Rolla-Mano determined to capture them. With this intention he hid in the branches of the mangrove tree, and, when the women were close to him he threw his net over them. One, however, escaped by diving into the water. He was so enraged at her escape that he jumped in after her with a burning fire stick in his hand. As soon as the fire stick touched the water, the sparks hissed and scattered to the sky, where they remain as golden stars to this day. Rolla-Mano did not capture the woman who dived into the dark waters of the swamp. After a fruitless search he returned to the shore and took the other woman to live with him for ever in the sky. She is the evening star. From her resting place, she gazes through the mist of eternity at the restless sea - the dark, mysterious kingdom of Rolla-Mano. On a clear summer night, when the sky is studded with golden stars, you will remember that they are the sparks from the fire stick of Rolla-Mano, and the beautiful evening star is the woman he captured in the trees of the mangrove swamp.' (1) (1) William Jenkyn Thomas, Some Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines, W & Tombs Australia, Melbourne, 1947 OTHER NOTES GST is applicable to hammer price of this lot THE COLLECTION OF WILLIAM MCELWEE MILLER JR, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

      Smith & Singer
    • THOMAS NANJIWARRA AMAGULA 1924-1989 WHAT HAPPENS TO A MAN AFTER HE DIES ON GROOTE EYLANDT
      Nov. 24, 2009

      THOMAS NANJIWARRA AMAGULA 1924-1989 WHAT HAPPENS TO A MAN AFTER HE DIES ON GROOTE EYLANDT

      Est: $70,000 - $100,000

      28.6 BY 36.8 CM, 27.9 BY 34.3 CM, 27.3 BY 33.7 CM, 27.9 BY 33 CM, 28.6 BY 34.3 CM, 27.3 BY 33 CM, 27.9 BY 35.6 CM, 25.4 BY 35.6 CM (4), 27.9 BY 33 CM, 29.2 BY 33 CM, 26.7 BY 35.6 CM, 30.5 BY 33 CM, 31.1 BY 33.7 CM, 27.9 BY 35.6 CM (17 items in this lot).

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    • THOMAS NANJIWARRA AMAGULA , 1924 - 1989 UNTITLED Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
      Oct. 20, 2008

      THOMAS NANJIWARRA AMAGULA , 1924 - 1989 UNTITLED Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

      Est: $6,000 - $8,000

      Bears artist's name 'Nanjiwarra' on the reverse togeher with UNTITLED - ANCESTRAL SAW FISH AND LIZARDS Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark Bears artist's name 'Nanjiwarra' on the reverse together with ARTIST UNKOWN, GROOTE EYLANDT WIND TOTEM Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark Quantity: 3

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    • THOMAS NANJIWARRA AMAGULA , 1924 - 1989 UNTITLED Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
      Oct. 20, 2008

      THOMAS NANJIWARRA AMAGULA , 1924 - 1989 UNTITLED Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

      Est: $6,000 - $8,000

      Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

      Sotheby's
    • THOMAS NANJIWARRA AMAGULA , 1924 - 1989 UNTITLED- PELICAN MYTH DIPTYCH Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
      Oct. 20, 2008

      THOMAS NANJIWARRA AMAGULA , 1924 - 1989 UNTITLED- PELICAN MYTH DIPTYCH Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

      Est: $8,000 - $12,000

      Bears Church Missionary Society, Groote Eylandt Aboriginal Mission, NT, label on the reverse which reads: "15b. Little boy gets his brother to climb up and get the little pelicans for him. (Story by Nandjiwarra.)." Bears Church Missionary Society, Groote Eylandt Aboriginal Mission, NT, label on the reverse which reads: "With 15b./ 16b Like a double picture. The wife tells little boy to pull the dog away. Then the pelicans come back and live on him. After a while feathers stick to the man. He becomes a bird and flies away." Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark Quantity: 2

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