(i) FEMALE FIGURE NATURAL EARTH PIGMENTS ON CARVED AND SHAPED SOFT WOOD (ii) MALE FIGURE NATURAL EARTH PIGMENTS ON CARVED AND SHAPED SOFTWOOD

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
14 October 2009
92

Naminapu Maymuru

born 1952
(i) FEMALE FIGURE NATURAL EARTH PIGMENTS ON CARVED AND SHAPED SOFT WOOD (ii) MALE FIGURE NATURAL EARTH PIGMENTS ON CARVED AND SHAPED SOFTWOOD

(i) Female Figure natural earth pigments on carved and shaped soft wood
70.0 cm height
(ii) Male Figure natural earth pigments on carved and shaped softwood
63.0 cm height

Estimate: 
$800 - 1,000 (2)
Sold for $1,200 (inc. BP) in Auction 11 - 14 October 2009, Melbourne
Provenance

Buku-Larrngay Mulka Arts, Yirrkala
Australian Girl's Own Gallery, Canberra
Private collection, Melbourne

These figures are accompanied by the original receipt and catalogue from the first solo exhibition for Naminapu held at the Australian Girl's Own Gallery (AGOG), Canberra

Exhibited

Naminapu, Australian Girl's Own Gallery, Canberra, 1994