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Lot 53: YIRAWALA 1903 - 1976 WATERHOLES

Est: $10,000 AUD - $15,000 AUDSold:
Sotheby'sMelbourne, AustraliaNovember 24, 2009

Item Overview

Description


bears size on the reverse

Dimensions

82.5 BY 27CM

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. For related paintings by the artist, see Baby-dreaming waterholes, Baby-dreaming wells and creator beings, and Ubar ceremony: drum and wallaby dance, all in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, in S. Le Brun Holmes, Yirawala: Painter of the Dreaming, Sydney: Hale & Iremonger, 1994, plates 117, 118 and 125 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