Robin Guningbal

(born 1943)

ARTIST’S TOTEMS, c.1971

natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

84.5 x 43.0 cm (irregular)

Lot 57

Robin Guningbal

ARTIST’S TOTEMS

, c.1971

lot details

Robin Guningbal (born 1943)
ARTIST’S TOTEMS, c.1971
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
84.5 x 43.0 cm (irregular)
Provenance

Painted in the Blyth River Area, Central Arnhem Land
Collection of Jim Davison, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne

This painting depicts some of the artist's totems; the hermit crab, little snakes, and black fish travelling about in Guningbal's country