UNTITLED, c.1960
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MAWALAN MARIKA, ARTIST UNKNOWN (North east Arnhem Land), ARTIST UNKNOWN (North east Arnhem Land)
(c.1908 – 1967)
UNTITLED, c.1960
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
26.0 x 16.0 cm; 29.5 x 16.0 cm; 26.0 x 15.5 cm
Estimate:
$2,000 – 3,000 (3)
Sold for $3,172 (inc. BP) in Auction 48 - 5 April 2017, Sydney
Provenance
Collected at Yirrkala, c.1960
Private collection, Western Australia
Sotheby’s, Sydney, 28 – 29 July 2003, lot 330
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney
Literature
Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australia’s Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 2008, p. 11 (illus.)