LOT DETAILS

Materials:

natural earth pigments and pencil on prepared linen (a Christian poster)

Measurements:

23.62 in. (60.00 cm.) (height) by 29.53 in. (75.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

bears inscription in iron gal ink (upper left hand corner), 'drawn by Barak last of Yarra tribe and given to Mrs G.M. Davies, 30th December 1895', and titled 'Corroboree' (upper margin)

Exhibited:

Remembering Barak, The Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 15 August - 19 October 1993.

Literature:

Judith Ryan et al, Remembering Barak, Council of Trustees of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria, 2003, p.59, illus. Andrew Sayers, Aboriginal Artists of the Nineteenth Century, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1984, p.12, for an illustration of the accompanying photograph.

Provenance:

Acquired from the artist by Mrs G.M. Davies, the owner of a property named 'Fron' near the Maroodah Dam, where Barak was known to camp at times. Mr Alan Davies, Melbourne. Sotheby's, Aboriginal, African and Oceanic Art, Sydney, 9 November 1998, lot 103. Private collection.