Lot 67: - YIRAWALA , CIRCA 1903-1976 MOTHER OF KUNDAKIDJ (RED PLAINS KANGAROO) Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

Inscribed 'Kundargi- Maraian' on the reverse Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

57.8 by 34.2 cm

Painted at Minjilang, Croker Island, Western Arnhem Land
Jerome Gould, Los Angeles
Private Collection

Cf. See Mundine, D. et al, They Are Meditating: Bark Paintings from the MCA's Arnott's Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2008, p.202, for a sister painting of the same subject formerly in the collection of Jerome Gould and now in the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

This painting is sold with a copy of Jerome Gould's descriptive notes regarding the subject matter