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Lot 205: CHARLIE MARDIGAN , 1926-CIRCA 1986 UNTITLED - DEVIL MAN Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

Est: $5,000 AUD - $7,000 AUD
Sotheby'sSydney, AustraliaOctober 20, 2008

Item Overview

Description

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

Dimensions

75.5 by 38 cm

Artist or Maker

Provenance

Painted at Wadeye (Port Keats), in the mid- 1970s
Gifted by the artist to Mr Les Bates, a community worker upon his departure in 1976
Private collection

Notes

According to the vendor, Mr Bates was considered by the church at Wadeye as 'A Devil Man', and this was reputedly painted for him and gifted to him as a gesture of friendship in a joking manner upon his departure from Wadeye

Auction Details

Aboriginal Art

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

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