Lot 158
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DICK NGULEINGULEI MURRAMURRA

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 AUD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Dick Nguleingulei Murramurra
  • NGARRBEWO (TURTLE ) c.1976
  • Bears artist's name and title on Church Missionary label on the reverse
  • Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
  • 60 by 51 cm

Provenance

Painted in the Oenpelli region, Western Arnhem Land
Church Missionary Society, code number 1797
Private collection, Victoria

Condition

Painting is in excellent and stable condition relative to other bark paintings of the period, with very small areas of pigment loss in a few areas throughout the painting.
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