Lot 34
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Anchor Barbuwa Wurrkidj 1924-1977 MYTHICAL ECHIDNA HUNTED BY MIMIH

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 AUD
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Description

  • Anchor Barbuwa Wurrkidj
  • MYTHICAL ECHIDNA HUNTED BY MIMIH
  • natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
  • 40.6 BY 66CM

Provenance

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

Exhibited

The Art of Arnhem Land: From the Collection of William McE. Miller, Jr, The Taylor Museum of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 1966, cat.no.49

Literature

R. L. Shalkop, The Art of Arnhem Land: From the Collection of William McE. Miller, Jr, Colorado: The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 1966, cat.no.49

Condition

There are areas of pigment loss and repairs in resin to the lateral cracks at the top right and left (visible in the catalogue photograph). The pigments appear stable but friable. We recommend consolidation of the paint surface in the figures.
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