NAKIDJKIDJ SPIRITS, 1956

Important Aboriginal Works of Art
Melbourne
25 May 2016
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MANDIDJA (MANDIDI)

(c.1900 – 1963)
NAKIDJKIDJ SPIRITS, 1956

natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

71.0 x 34.0 cm

bears inscription verso: artist’s name, language group - Gunwinggu, location and Bennett Collection number 3 on attached certificate

Estimate: 
$8,000 – 12,000
Sold for $17,080 (inc. BP) in Auction 43 - 25 May 2016, Melbourne
Provenance

Dorothy Bennett, Darwin, acquired from the artist who was living near Oenpelli in 1956 (descriptive label verso)
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 9 July 2001, lot 18 (label attached verso)
Collection of the late Duncan Kentish, Adelaide