Lot 87
  • 87

YIRAWALA

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 AUD
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Description

  • Yirawala
  • FEMALE BLACK KANGAROO
  • Bears artist's name, title and descriptive notes on the reverse

  • Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

  • 89 by 31 cm

Provenance

Most probably painted at Minjilang (Croker Island), Western Arnhem Land in the 1960s
Private collection

Condition

The pigment appears to be in very good and stable condition with only a few small areas of loss, the bark has had two fine cracks at the base. Restored at some point and the reverse of the bark has been painted with a natural ochre paint overall.
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