LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

Measurements:

29.13 in. (74.00 cm.) (height) by 12.20 in. (31.00 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

. Art of the Dreamtime: The Dorothy Bennett Collection of Australian Aboriginal Art , touring Japan, 1964-1996.

Literature:

Lance Bennett,. Oosutoraria mikai bijutsu Art of the Dreamtime: The Dorothy Bennett Collection of Australian Aboriginal Art , Japan, 1969, p.37, fig.23, illus.

Provenance:

Painted on Croker Island, West Arnhem Land circa 1960. Private collection . The Dorothy Bennett Collection . The Wesfarmers Collection of Australian Art . Sotheby's Aboriginal and Tribal Art , Sydney, 9 November, 1997, lot 5 (AU619) . Fiona Brockhoff, Melbourne .