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    • BEN TIPUNGWUTI, (c.1916 – 1979), UNTITLED (TIWI FIGURE), c.1960, natural earth pigments, resin and hair on carved ironwood
      Oct. 19, 2016

      BEN TIPUNGWUTI, (c.1916 – 1979), UNTITLED (TIWI FIGURE), c.1960, natural earth pigments, resin and hair on carved ironwood

      Est: $10,000 - $15,000

      BEN TIPUNGWUTI, (c.1916 – 1979), UNTITLED (TIWI FIGURE), c.1960, natural earth pigments, resin and hair on carved ironwood DIMENSIONS: 62.0 cm height PROVENANCE: Created at Nguiu, Bathurst Island Stephen Kellner Gallery, Sydney Private collection, Sydney Sotheby's, Melbourne, 24 July 2007, lot 75 The Luczo Family Collection, USA This work was originally sold with a copy of a letter from Brother John Pye, the Head of St Therese’s Mission on Nguiu, Bathurst Island written in 1977, whereby he identified the carving as ‘definitely’ by Ben Tipungwuti, from an earlier period in time. In the letter he recounts how the first figurative carvings were created on Bathurst Island in 1952 and that the decoration is representative of body markings, reflecting the artist’s tribal skin group.

      Deutscher and Hackett
    • BEN TIPUNGWUTI , UNTITLED TIWI FIGURE c. 1960
      Jul. 24, 2007

      BEN TIPUNGWUTI , UNTITLED TIWI FIGURE c. 1960

      Est: $15,000 - $20,000

      Natural earth pigments, hair, and resin on carved ironwood

      Sotheby's
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