WANDJINA, c.1962

Important Australian Aboriginal Art
Melbourne
18 March 2020
77

WATTIE KARRUWARA

(c.1910 – 1983)
WANDJINA, c.1962

natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

41.5 x 24.0 cm

Estimate: 
$7,000 – 10,000
Sold for $9,150 (inc. BP) in Auction 60 - 18 March 2020, Melbourne
Provenance

Private collection, New South Wales
Sotheby’s, Sydney, 29 July 2003, lot 72 (as ‘Wanjina’)
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne (label attached verso)
Private collection, Melbourne
Bonham’s, Sydney, 28 June 2011, lot 11
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited

Blue Chip VIII: The Collectors' Exhibition, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 7 March – 1 April 2006, cat. 30
Blue Chip XII: The Collectors’ Exhibition, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 2 March– 1 April 2010, cat. 16