Wally Mandarrk
(1915 - 1987)
KARLERRH (FRESHWATER LONGTOM–STRONGYLURA KREFFTI)
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
23.0 x 66.0 cm (irregular)
49.0 x 80.0 x 10.0 cm (frame)
Estimate:
$2,000 - $3,000
Sold:
$1,473 (inc. BP)
© Wally Mandarrk/Copyright Agency 2022
lot details
49.0 x 80.0 x 10.0 cm (frame)
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, p. 225
This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery
Condition:
This work is in very good, stable and near original condition.
There are minor, light surface abrasions to the bark support with very minor loss of predominantly white pigment to small areas in the body and tail of both fish.
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.