Bobby Barrdjaray Nganjmira
(1915 - 1992)
EAGLE TOTEM, 1960
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
44.0 x 20.5 cm
Estimate:
$2,000 - $3,000
Sold:
$1,800 (inc. BP)
lot details
Bobby Barrdjaray Nganjmira (1915 - 1992)
EAGLE TOTEM, 1960
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
44.0 x 20.5 cm
Provenance
Painted at Gunbalanya (Oenpelli), Western Arnhem Land
Private collection, Melbourne
Related Works
Eagle Nest in a Tree, c.1960, and Mibarr the Wedge Tailed Eagle, c.1960s, both in the MCA's Arnott's collection, illus. in Mundine, D. et al., They are Meditating, Bark Painting from the MCA's Arnott's Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2008, p. 187