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.)