WANJINA, c.1960

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
14 October 2009
90

Wattie Karrawara

(c.1910 - 1983)
WANJINA, c.1960

natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

83.5 x 30.5 cm (irregular)

Estimate: 
$6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,000 (inc. BP) in Auction 11 - 14 October 2009, Melbourne
Provenance

Collected c1960 by Mr. Bruce Godwin, a missionary and administrator at Mowajum Presbyterian Mission between 1958 and 1968. The painting was given to his sister Lois in 1962
Thence by descent
Private collection, New South Wales