UNTITLED (TIWI FIGURE), c.1975

Aboriginal Art from the Luczo Family Collection
Melbourne
19 October 2016
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PADDY HENRY (TEEAMPI) RIPINGIMPI

(c.1925 – 1999)
UNTITLED (TIWI FIGURE), c.1975

natural earth pigments on carved ironwood

76.0 cm height

Estimate: 
$5,000 – 7,000
Sold for $4,636 (inc. BP) in Auction 45 - 19 October 2016, Melbourne
Provenance

Created on Melville Island, Northern Territory
Private collection, Darwin
Sotheby's, Sydney, 24 July 2007, lot 203
The Luczo Family Collection, USA

Literature

Isaacs, J., Tiwi: Art / History / Culture, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2012, p. 215 (illus.)

Related works

Pukumani Figure, c.1975 and Man and Bird, c.1975 illus. in Isaacs , J., Tiwi: Art/History/Culture, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2012, p. 215 
Birdman, 1975, in the collection of National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, illus. in Caruana W., Aboriginal Art, World of Art Series, Thames and Hudson, London and New York, 2012, pl. 74, p. 91