DOUBLE-SIDED FIGURE REPRESENTING BIMA AND PURUKAPALI, c.1955

Aboriginal Art from the Luczo Family Collection
Melbourne
19 October 2016
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ENRAELD DJULABINYANA MUNKARA

(1882 – 1968)
DOUBLE-SIDED FIGURE REPRESENTING BIMA AND PURUKAPALI, c.1955

natural earth pigments on carved ironwood

51.0 cm height

Estimate: 
$20,000 – 30,000
Sold for $29,280 (inc. BP) in Auction 45 - 19 October 2016, Melbourne
Provenance

Created on Melville Island, c.1955
Dorothy Bennett Collection, Darwin
The Wesfarmers Collection, Perth
Sotheby's, Sydney, November 1997, lot 39 (illus. catalogue cover)
Private collection, Sydney
AP Bond Gallery, Adelaide
The Luczo Family Collection, USA