PURUKAPALI AND BIMA, 1962

Aboriginal Art from the Luczo Family Collection
Melbourne
19 October 2016
20

MANI-LUKI (HARRY CARPENTER) WOMMATAKIMMI

(c.1914 – 1980)
PURUKAPALI AND BIMA, 1962

natural earth pigments on carved softwood

49.5 and 48.5 cm height

Estimate: 
$15,000 – 20,000 (2)
Sold for $12,200 (inc. BP) in Auction 45 - 19 October 2016, Melbourne
Provenance

Private collection, Adelaide, acquired at Milikapiti, Melville Island, 1962
Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 24 July 2007, lot 76
The Luczo Family Collection, USA

Literature

Isaacs, J., Tiwi: Art / History / Culture, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2012, p. 69 (illus. as ‘Macassan Figures’)