Wakutbi Marawili
(1921 - 2005)
FIRE DREAMING AT BLUE MUD BAY, 1978
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
111.0 x 43.0 cm (irregular)
bears inscription verso: Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Art Centre cat. 0803/26
Estimate:
$2,000 - $3,000
Sold:
$1,227 (inc. BP)
lot details
Wakutbi Marawili (1921 - 2005)
FIRE DREAMING AT BLUE MUD BAY, 1978
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
111.0 x 43.0 cm (irregular)
bears inscription verso: Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Art Centre cat. 0803/26
Provenance
Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Art Centre, Yirrkala, Northern Territory
Michael O’Ferral, Perth
Private collection, Hong Kong
Deutscher~Menzies, Melbourne, 27 June 2000, lot 508
The Peter and Renate Nahum Collection of Aboriginal Art, London
Exhibited
Dreamtime: zeitgenössische Aboriginal art / The Dark and the Light, Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuberg, Austria, 18 May – 30 September 2001
Literature
Dreamtime: zeitgenössische Aboriginal art / The Dark and the Light, Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuberg, Austria, 2001, p. 89