Peter Japanangka Blacksmith
(c.1918 - 1991)
SHIELD, c.1980
natural earth pigments on carved and incised hardwood shield
78.5 cm (height)
bears inscription verso: artist’s name and location
Estimate:
$2,000 - $3,000
Sold:
$3,191 (inc. BP)
lot details
Peter Japanangka Blacksmith (c.1918 - 1991)
SHIELD, c.1980
natural earth pigments on carved and incised hardwood shield
78.5 cm (height)
bears inscription verso: artist’s name and location
Provenance
Produced in Lajamanu, Northern Territory
Private Collection
Sotheby's, Sydney, 29 July 2003, lot 295 (as ‘A Central Australian Hardwood Shield, Lajamanu’)
The Laverty Collection, Sydney
This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery
Condition:
This work is in good, stable and near original condition.
The front of the shield bears a number of bumps and indentations and a loss of white pigment to the dots across the surface.
These are consistent with the medium and artist’s practice.
The work has been placed in a metal support stand for exhibition