LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Natural Earth Pigments On Eucalyptus Bark

Measurements:

46.46 in. (118.00 cm.) (height) by 25.59 in. (65.00 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

Australië: het land en de mensen, Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden, 6 October 2005 - 27 August 2006. Australia: the land, the people, Gyeonggi Provincial Museum, Yongin - Korea, 18 October 2006 - 25 February 2007

Literature:

Lance Bennett’s accompanying documentation reads, “The artist has depicted a hunter spearing a male plains kangaroo. The animal has been painted in the so-called X-ray style, with some of the internal details shown. The heart is shown, with a lung on either side, and the backbone and ribs are seen. This bark was painted for Lance Bennett during one of his visits to the small Aboriginal community on Mudjinberri cattle station, between the South and East Alligator Rivers, in the dry season of 1966.”

Provenance:

Acquired from the artist at Mudjinberri (Mudjinbardi) by Lance Bennett, in 1966. The Thomas Vroom Collection, The Netherlands