Wally Mandarrk
(1915 - 1987)
NGALKIT (SARATOGA-SCLEROPAGES JARDINI), BOKORN (SPANGLED GRUNTER), KARLERRH (FRESHWATER LONGTOM), KAWUK (A NIGHT BIRD) AND BURLUKIRRI (A FRESHWATER EEL)
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
54.0 x 112.0 cm (irregular)
75.0 x 135.0 x 16.0 cm (sight)
bears inscription on label verso: Mandark collection/No. 26
Estimate:
$4,000 - $6,000
© Wally Mandarrk/Copyright Agency 2022
lot details
75.0 x 135.0 x 16.0 cm (sight)
Maningrida Arts and Crafts, Northern Territory
The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, Melbourne, acquired from the above on 20 April 1994
Exhibited
Celestial Earth, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria, 19 November 2011 – 4 March 2012
National Treasures, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria, 14 November 2015 – 13 March 2016
Literature
Nainby, B., Stanhope, Z., and Furlonger, K., The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, in association with Latrobe Regional Gallery, Melbourne, 2009, pp. 206 (illus.), 226
This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery
Condition:
This work is in good, stable and near original condition.
There are minor, light surface abrasions to the bark support with minor loss of predominantly white pigment to small areas at the top left and bottom right and in the bodies of the totemic animals and fishes throughout the composition.
These are old, stable, characteristic of the medium and age of the work, are not visually distracting and visible in the enlarged online catalogue image.
The work is attached with clear plastic clips to a hessian lined backboard, housed in a custom, dark timber deep box frame under protective Perspex.