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Lot 191: YIRAWALA , CIRCA 1903-1976 MARALAITJ - WOMAN IS BORN Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

Est: $25,000 AUD - $35,000 AUD
Sotheby'sSydney, AustraliaOctober 20, 2008

Item Overview

Description

Bears catalogue number 6 and various other titles and indistinct descriptions and numbers on both the reverse and on a label verso Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

Dimensions

67 by 30 cm

Artist or Maker

Provenance

Painted at Minjilang, Croker Island in the late 1960s
Private Collection

Notes

Cf. See Holmes, S. Le Brun, Yirawala: Painter of the Dreaming, Hodder and Stoughton, 1992, pls. 111 and 112, for two related paintings in the National Gallery of Australia that depict Maralaitj Giving Birth to Dua Moiety

Auction Details

Aboriginal Art

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

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