UNTITLED (CREATION STORY), c.1960s

Important Australian Aboriginal Art
Melbourne
17 March 2021
23

MITHINARI GURRUWIWI

(1929 – 1976)
UNTITLED (CREATION STORY), c.1960s

natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

139.0 x 54.0 cm

bears inscription verso: artist’s name, language group ‘Galpu’ together with a description of the story depicted on old label

Estimate: 
$5,000 – 7,000
Sold for $20,864 (inc. BP) in Auction 63 - 17 March 2021, Melbourne
Provenance

Painted in the Yirrkala region of North-East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
Gary Bradley, Victoria
Thence by descent
Private collection, Victoria