Lot 43
  • 43

Enraeld Djulabinyanna Munkara (Tjipungaleialumi) circa 1882-1968

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Untitled, Male Figure
  • Natural earth pigments on carved ironwood
  • 49cm high
Natural earth pigments on carved ironwood

Provenance

Acquired from the artist at Bathurst Island by Lance Bennett, in the dry season of 1965
The Thomas Vroom Collection, The Netherlands

Exhibited

Australië: het land en de mensen, Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden, 6 October, 2005 - 27 August, 2006
Australia: the land, the people, Gyeonggi Provincial Museum, Yongin - Korea, 18 October, 2006 - 25 February, 2007
Theme Park – Brook Andrew, AAMU, Utrecht, 17 October 2008 -  1 April, 2009

Catalogue Note

A sculpture of a male figure that bears the characteristics of having been carved by Djulabinyanna but painted by another artist. The posture of the figure with the arms dangling from hunched shoulders, the tapered hips and the window formed by the legs joining the hips to the base are typical of Djulabinyanna’s figure sculptures. However, the predominance of dotted decoration and the herringbone design on the back suggest this work was painted by another, unidentified artist.

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