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Lot 103

Nangunyarri
(Number One) (circa 1890-1971)
Untitled (Female Figure) height: 38.0cm (14 15/16in).

7 June 2016, 18:30 AEST
Melbourne, Armadale

Sold for AU$2,196 inc. premium

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Nangunyarri (Number One) (circa 1890-1971)

Untitled (Female Figure)
natural earth pigments and resin on carved bloodwood
height: 38.0cm (14 15/16in).

Footnotes

PROVENANCE
Acquired from the artist at Bathurst Island by Lance Bennett, in the dry season of 1966
The Thomas Vroom Collection, The Netherlands

RELATED WORK
for another carved figure by the artist in the collection of the National Museum of Australia see Jennifer Isaacs Tiwi Art/History/Culture, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2012, p.138

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