BUYKU (FISH TRAP), 2008
© courtesy of the artist and Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre
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DJIRRIRRA WUNUNGMURRA
born 1969
BUYKU (FISH TRAP), 2008
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
136.0 x 45.0 cm (irregular)
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, cat. 33086 and cat. 0208GAN
Estimate:
$3,000 – 4,000
Sold for $9,818 (inc. BP) in Auction 61 - 15 July 2020, Melbourne
Provenance
Buku-Larrngay Mulka Art Centre, Yirrkala, Northern Territory (label attached verso)
Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne
The Peter and Renate Nahum Collection of Aboriginal Art, London, acquired from the above in 2009
Exhibited
Djirrirra Wunungmurra: Buyku – Tapestries of the Fish Trap, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne, 2 September – 3 October 2009, cat. 18 (illus. in exhibition catalogue)