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Lot 7

Jimmy Midjawmidjaw
(circa 1897-1985)
Dancers, c.1960

2 December 2025, 18:00 AEDT
Sydney

AU$4,000 - AU$6,000

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Jimmy Midjawmidjaw (circa 1897-1985)

Dancers, c.1960
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
63.5 x 22.0cm (25 x 8 11/16in).

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PROVENANCE
Painted at Minjilang (Croker Island), Western Arnhem Land
Collection of Dorothy Bennett, Darwin
The Barnett Collection, Columbia University, New York
The Australia Gallery, New York
Private collection
Bonhams, Sydney, 28 June 2011, lot 115
The Sarick Collection, Canada

For two paintings depicting similar figures engaged in ceremonial dance see, Michael O'Ferrall, Keepers of the Secrets, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 1990, p. 42, cat. 44 and 45

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