Aboriginal Art
Aboriginal Art
Property from an American Private Collection
Djambalula
Mimih Ceremony, circa 1960
Auction Closed
May 25, 09:41 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an American Private Collection
Djambalula
Circa 1908 - 1960
Mimih Ceremony, circa 1960
Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
Bears number 118 on the reverse
26 ¼ in by 19 ½ in (67 by 50 cm)
Painted at Minjilang, Croker Island, Western Arnhem Land
Jerome Gould, Los Angeles
American Private Collection, bequeathed by the above
Sotheby's, Sydney, Aboriginal Art including selected Oceanic Art, 20 October 2008, lot 72, consigned by the above
American Private Collection, acquired at the above auction
Jerome Gould, Los Angeles
American Private Collection, bequeathed by the above
Sotheby's, Sydney, Aboriginal Art including selected Oceanic Art, 20 October 2008, lot 72, consigned by the above
American Private Collection, acquired at the above auction
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, November 2012 - December 2020
Cf. Mimih couple, 1956, in H. Morphy and M. Smith Boles, eds., Art from the Land: Dialogues with the Kluge-Ruhe Collection of Australian Aboriginal Art, Charlottesville, 1999, p. 36, pl.2.5; and Spirit Ancestor, 1960s, in L. A. Allen, Time Before Morning: Art and Myth of the Australian Aborigines, New York, 1975, p. 78.