Paddy Henry (Teeampi) Ripingimpi
(c.1925 - 1999)
UNTITLED (TIWI FIGURE), c.1975
natural earth pigments on carved ironwood
76.0 cm height
Estimate:
$5,000 - $7,000
Sold:
$4,636 (inc. BP)
lot details
Paddy Henry (Teeampi) Ripingimpi (c.1925 - 1999)
UNTITLED (TIWI FIGURE), c.1975
natural earth pigments on carved ironwood
76.0 cm height
Provenance
Created on Melville Island, Northern Territory
Private collection, Darwin
Sotheby's, Sydney, 24 July 2007, lot 203
The Luczo Family Collection, USA
Literature
Isaacs, J., Tiwi: Art / History / Culture, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2012, p. 215 (illus.)
Related Works
Pukumani Figure, c.1975 and Man and Bird, c.1975 illus. in Isaacs , J., Tiwi: Art/History/Culture, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2012, p. 215
Birdman, 1975, in the collection of National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, illus. in Caruana W., Aboriginal Art, World of Art Series, Thames and Hudson, London and New York, 2012, pl. 74, p. 91