Lot 40: DJAMBALULA CIRCA 1908-1960

BUSH TURKEYS C.1958

MEASUREMENTS

71 by 34 cm

Bears artist's name, old title 'Scrub Turkey', incorrect date together with Palm Springs Museum catalogue number 22-78.49A and the number 46 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. Allen, L. A., Time Before Morning: Art and Myth of the Australian Aborigines, Thomas V. Cromwell, New York, 1975, 'Spirit ancestor' 1975, plate 78; Kupka, K., Dawn of Art: Painting and Sculpture of Australian Aborigines, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1962; Kupka, K., Un art à l'état brut; peintres aborigènes d'Australie, Société des Océanistes, Musée de l'Homme, Paris, 1972; and Morphy, H. and M. Smith Boles (eds.), Art from the Land: Dialogues with the Kluge-Ruhe collection of Australian Aboriginal Art, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA, 1999 'Mimih couple', 1956, p.37, plate 2.5