Property from a Private collects ion, New York
Unknown Artists, Groote Eylandt
UNTITLED (LANDSCAPE), CIRCA 1960; UNTITLED (NESTING BIRDS), CIRCA 1960
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December 4, 11:02 PM GTNN
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2,000 - 4,000 USD
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Description
Property from a Private collects ion, New York
Unknown Artists, Groote Eylandt
UNTITLED (LANDSCAPE), CIRCA 1960; UNTITLED (NESTING BIRDS), CIRCA 1960
Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
10 in by 17 in (25.5 cm by 43 cm); 11 in by 15 in (27.9 cm by 38.1 cm)
Painted at Groote Eylandt circa 1960
Private collects ion, USA
Private collects ion, USA
Cf. for similar examples see Mountford, Charles, P., Records of the American/Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land – vol. 1., Art, Myth and Symbolism, 1956, Melbourne University Press, Victoria, p.70, Illus pl.21, p.36, illus, pl.9