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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
Sydney

AU$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).

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

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