Aboriginal Art
Aboriginal Art
Bush Turkeys
Auction Closed
May 23, 09:01 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Djambalula
circa 1908-1960
Bush Turkeys, circa 1958
Bears artist's name, old title 'Scrub Turkey', incorrect date, together with Palm Springs Museum catalogue number 22-78.49A and the number 46 on the reverse
Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
28 in x 13 ⅜ in (71 cm x 34 cm)
Russell Loell, acquired on a visit to Australia
Collection of Mr. Geoffrey and Richard Hovitz, United States of America
Palm Springs Art Museum, California, 1978-2005
Private Collection, Melbourne
Sotheby's, Melbourne, Aboriginal Art, July 31, 2006, lot 40
Private Collection
Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey, September 19 - 29, 1977
Cf. Allen, Time Before Morning: Art and Myth of the Australian Aborigines, Los Angeles, Thomas V. Cromwell, 'Spirit ancestor' New York, 1975, pl. 78; Kupka, K., Dawn of Art: Painting and Sculpture of Australian Aborigines, Sydney, 1962; Kupka, K., Un art a 'etat brut; peintres aborigenes d'Australie, Societe des Oceanistes, Paris, 1972; and Morphy, H.and M. Smith Boles (eds.), Art from the Land: Dialogues with the kluge-Ruhe collection of Australian Aborginal Art, Charlottesville, 1999, 'Mimih couple', 1956, p.37, pl. 2.5
