Manuwa (1917-1979) Untitled (Missionary Dreaming)
Artist Unknown
Untitled (Missionary Dreaming)
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
74 x 36cm
Sold for AU$ 4,800 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • PROVENANCE:
    Painted at Milingimbi, Central Arnhem Land in the early 1960s
    Private collection, New Zealand
    Lawson-Menzies, Aboriginal Fine Art, Sydney, 23 May 2007, lot 44
    Private collection

    Cf. The crucifixion painting compares well with some of the figures in the top left of the Milingimbi Easter Panel at the National Gallery of Australia (the Yirritja side) in Franchesca Cubillo, and Wally Caruana (eds.), Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art: Collection highlights, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2010, pp.124-5. There are a number of artists who collaborated on the Milingimbi Easter Panel although this example is comparable to the hand of Jonnie Daynganggan (1892-deceased) or Lipundja No.2 (born 1932).

Category: Fine Art / Aboriginal Art


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