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Lot 52: YIRAWALA 1903 - 1976 RAINBOW SERPENT WITH EGGS

Est: $12,000 AUD - $18,000 AUD
Sotheby'sMelbourne, AustraliaNovember 24, 2009

Item Overview

Description


Dimensions

81.5 BY 26CM

Artist or Maker

Medium

natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

Provenance

Likely to have been painted at Minjilang (Croker Island), Western Arnhem Land
Private collection

Notes



Cf. See Maralaitj, Ngalyod and Sacred Emu, and Lumahlumah's daughters, 1970s, both works in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, in Sandra Le Brun Holmes, Yirawala: Painter of the Dreaming, Sydney: Hale & Iremonger, 1994, plates 115 and 120 respectively, (illus.).

Auction Details

Aboriginal and Oceanic Art

by
Sotheby's
November 24, 2009, 02:00 PM GMT

926 High Street Armadale, Melbourne, ACT, 3143, AU