Madjana (Groote Eylandt)

LONG TOMS, c.1940

natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

20.0 x 47.0 cm

Collected by Mr Anton Staub, a Swiss National who worked as a mining engineer in Borneo and Sumatra. During WW2 he was evacuated via Darwin to Switzerland in 1941. It is believed this painting was acquired in Darwin at this time.
Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 17 June 1996, lot 12
Private collection, Melbourne