UNKNOWN KUNWINJKU ARTIST, WESTERN ARNHEM LAND | UNTITLED

Property from the Collection of Fiona Brockhoff
UNKNOWN KUNWINJKU ARTIST, WESTERN ARNHEM LAND
20TH CENTURY
UNTITLED

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
circa 1960
29 in by 21 in (74 cm by 53 cm)

Condition Report:
No repairs or restorations.
Fitted with a custom aluminium brace hanging system.
Multiple areas of pigment loss in the pigments, visible in catalogue image.
Pigments appear stable and consistent with images of when the painting was last sold at Sotheby's in 2005.

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Provenance:
Painted in the Western Arnhem Land region circa 1960

Private Collection, New Zealand

Sotheby's, Melbourne, Aboriginal Art, 25 July, 2005 (AU0692), lot 51

Fiona Brockhoff, Melbourne