Aboriginal Art
Aboriginal Art
Namarnde Making Love with Two Wives
Auction Closed
May 23, 09:01 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Jacky Baimunungbi
circa 1925-1979
Namarnde Making Love with Two Wives, circa 1966
Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
38 ¼ in x 28 ¾ in (97 cm x 73 cm)
Lance Bennett, acquired from the artist at Mudjinberri (Mudjinbardi), 1966.
The Thomas Vroom Collection, The Netherlands
Sotheby's, London, Aboriginal Art - Thomas Vroom Collection, June 10, 2015, lot 23
Private Collection
Lance Bennett's accompanying notes read in part:
"Namarnde is a general term for the various spirits which inhabit the vast rocky Arnhem Lane plateau, a region which the Aborigines call 'the stone country'… The artist has shown here a Namarnde spirit with his two wives. He is making love to his younger wife while the older wife waits."
Image Credits
Jacky Baimunungbi © Estate of Lance Bennett for continuity
