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Painter, b. 1897 - d. 1985

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    • JIMMY MIDJAWMIDJAW, WEST ARNHEM LAND, SORCERY SPIRIT C. 1980
      Mar. 18, 2023

      JIMMY MIDJAWMIDJAW, WEST ARNHEM LAND, SORCERY SPIRIT C. 1980

      Est: $300 - $500

      Jimmy Midjawmidjaw, West Arnhem Land, Sorcery Spirit c. 1980. Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark. Approx L46 x 24cm PROVENANCE John Magers Collection, Sydney.

      Vickers & Hoad
    • Jimmy Midjaw Midjaw Aboriginie painting of an Alligator
      Jul. 17, 2022

      Jimmy Midjaw Midjaw Aboriginie painting of an Alligator

      Est: $1,000 - $2,000

      Jimmy Midjaw Midjaw (Australian 1897-1985) Aboriginie painting of an Alligator, gouache and pigment on bark board, inscibed in chalk "Mijaw Mijaw" 13"h x 40"l

      Clars Auctions
    • An Australian aboriginal Jimmy MidjawMidjaw (1897-1985) bark painting
      Feb. 23, 2020

      An Australian aboriginal Jimmy MidjawMidjaw (1897-1985) bark painting

      Est: $1,500 - $2,500

      An Australian aboriginal Jimmy MidjawMidjaw (1897-1985) bark painting, large ochre painting on bark depicting a crocodile, 40.5"h

      Clars Auctions
    • Jimmy Midjawmidjaw (circa 1897-1985)
      May. 28, 2012

      Jimmy Midjawmidjaw (circa 1897-1985)

      Est: -

      Untitled (A Spirit and Ceremonial Ground) bears artist's name, title, date and descriptive notes on a label on the reverse natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark 72 x 34cm

      Bonhams
    • Attributed to Jimmy Midjawmidjaw circa 1897-1985 UNTITLED (CIRCA 1958) natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
      Oct. 18, 2011

      Attributed to Jimmy Midjawmidjaw circa 1897-1985 UNTITLED (CIRCA 1958) natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

      Est: $3,000 - $5,000

      Attributed to Jimmy Midjawmidjaw circa 1897-1985 UNTITLED (CIRCA 1958) natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark 60 X 28CM PROVENANCE Likely to have been painted at Minjilang (Croker Island), Western Arnhem Land Jim A. Davidson, Melbourne (1960s) Robert and Joan Rowland Collection, Melbourne In 1957 Joan Rowland became interested in Aboriginal art and artefacts and she worked for some years as a volunteer at the Melbourne Museum classifying collections of early artefacts. In 1958, Joan and her husband Robert joined the Victorian Anthropological Society where they met and befriended Jim A. Davidson, who was a prominent art dealer in the 1960s. Over the years Joan and Robert recorded several hundred Aboriginal stone arrangements and other sites in all five states. They received financial support and assistance from the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies and The Ian Potter Foundation up until 1985. The following collection (lots 2-12, 109-112) was compiled in the early 1960s with the help of Jim A. Davidson. D'lan Davidson.

      Smith & Singer
    • JIMMY MIDJAWMIDJAW , CIRCA 1897-1985 NAMARRKON - LIGHTNING MAN Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
      Oct. 20, 2008

      JIMMY MIDJAWMIDJAW , CIRCA 1897-1985 NAMARRKON - LIGHTNING MAN Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

      Est: $12,000 - $18,000

      Bears artist's name, size, title, year 1959 and numbered 87 on the reverse Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

      Sotheby's
    • JIMMY MIDJAWMIDJAW , CIRCA 1897-1985 DANCING MIMIHS Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
      Nov. 25, 2007

      JIMMY MIDJAWMIDJAW , CIRCA 1897-1985 DANCING MIMIHS Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

      Est: $6,000 - $8,000

      Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

      Sotheby's
    • JIMMY MIDJAWMIDJAW CIRCA 1897-1985
      Jul. 31, 2006

      JIMMY MIDJAWMIDJAW CIRCA 1897-1985

      Est: $3,000 - $5,000

      TWO MIMIH FIGURES C.1958 MEASUREMENTS 52.5 by 17 cm Bears old title 'brothers', incorrect date together with Palm Springs Museum catalogue number 22-78.37A and the number 34 on the reverse Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark PROVENANCE Acquired by Mr Russell Loell on a visit to Australia Collection of Mr Geoffrey and Mr Richard Hovitz, USA Palm Springs Art Museum, California, USA 1978-2005 recently de-accessioned at auction in California Private collection, Melbourne EXHIBITED Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey, Sept 19 -29, 1977 Cf. For a similarly drawn figure by the artist see 'Sorcery Figure', 1975, in Ryan, J., Spirit in Land: Bark Paintings from Arnhem Land in the National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1990, p. 88, plate 47, illus.; and for more examples of the artist's work from the late 1950s and early 1960s, see Caruana, W., (ed), Windows on the Dreaming: Aboriginal Paintings in the Australian National Gallery, Australian National Gallery, Canberra and Ellsyd Press, Sydney, 1989, pp.30-33; and Kupka, K., Dawn of Art: Painting and Sculpture of Australian Aborigines, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1962 Jimmy Midjawmidjaw was among of the group of artists who were living on Minjilang (Croker Island) in western Arnhem Land from the 1940s. The group included Samuel Wagbara, Yirawala, Paddy Compass Namatbara and January Nangunyari Namiridali. Midjawmidjaw was a research partner of the anthropologists Ronald and Catherine Berndt for whom he produced paintings as well as moulded clay figures. He exhibited his work for the first time in 1957, in the exhibition Australian Aboriginal Art, Arnhem Land Paintings on Bark and Carved Human Figures, at the Western Australian Museum, Perth, curated by the Berndts. Other prominent collectors of his work were Karel Kupka and Edward L Ruhe The artist is represented in most major public collections in Australia and several overseas museums including the recently opened Musée du quai Branly in Paris

      Sotheby's
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