
The Serra Collection (lot 1-16)
Lot 15
Baku Ray(circa 1905-deceased)Barramundi and Shoveller Birds, c. 1964
22 July 2020, 18:00 AEST
SydneyAU$2,500 - AU$3,500
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Baku Ray (circa 1905-deceased)
Barramundi and Shoveller Birds, c. 1964
damaged label attached verso: "Artist: Baku Ray / Tribe: Jinang now living at manin- / grida N.T. / Painting: / A big barramundi showing h.../ his stomach (black) and 2 shoveller birds. They are the painter's totems...he calls them 'my father'"
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
70.0 x 25.5cm (27 9/16 x 10 1/16in).
damaged label attached verso: "Artist: Baku Ray / Tribe: Jinang now living at manin- / grida N.T. / Painting: / A big barramundi showing h.../ his stomach (black) and 2 shoveller birds. They are the painter's totems...he calls them 'my father'"
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
70.0 x 25.5cm (27 9/16 x 10 1/16in).
Footnotes
PROVENANCE
Eudald Serra Collection, Barcelona, acquired in 1964
The Estate of Eudald Serra, Barcelona
EXHIBITED
Arte Aborigen Australiano, Sala de Santa Catalina del Ateneo, Madrid, 11 May 1967
LITERATURE
Alberto Folch and Eudald Serra, Arte Aborigen Australiano, Cuadernos de Arte, Madrid, 1967