Lot 158
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Nammerredje Gumala 1926- c.1978 TWO MIMIH AND GOANNA Attributed to Nammerredje Gumala 1926- c.1978 MYTHICAL JABIRU FEEDING

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 AUD
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Description

  • Nammerredje Gumala
  • TWO MIMIH AND GOANNAAttributed to Nammerredje Gumala1926- c.1978MYTHICAL JABIRU FEEDING
  • bears artist's name Gurmila [sic] and title on label on the reverse; bears artist's name Gurmila [sic] on the reverse
  • natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
  • 33 BY 43.2CM; 35.6 BY 25.4CM

Provenance

Painted at Oenpelli (Gunbalanya), Western Arnhem Land
Collection of William McE. Miller, Jr, USA

Condition

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Catalogue Note

Cf. A similar painting to the attributed example by Balirr Balirr Dirdi can be found in Judith Ryan, Spirit in Land: Bark paintings from Arnhem Land in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria, 1990, pp.86-87.  The work may also be by the hand of Bob Wanurr Namundja (circa 1933-deceased) as seen in A. Brody, Kunwinjku Bim: Western Arnhem Land Paintings from the Collection of the Aboriginal Arts Board, Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria, 1984, pl.28