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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Australian Indigenous & Oceanic Art
• Sale Date:
  22 Jul 2014 ~ 6.30pm (Part 1 - Lots 1 - 198)
  23 Jul 2014 ~ 2.30pm (Part 2 - Lots 199 - 331)
• Lot #:
  43
• Lot Description:
  Crusoe Guningbal
  (1922-1984)
  Three Mimih Figures (circa 1975)
  natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
  130 x 56 cm
• Provenance:
  Painted at Momega Outstation, Western Arnhem Land; Acquired by a biologist working with the University of Sydney crocodile research programme, Maningrida (1975-1976); Private Collection, Tasmania ; Important Aboriginal Art, Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 25 July 2005, illustrated; Private Collection, Adelaide
• References:
  For related examples see Hetti Perkins, Crossing Country, The Alchemy of Western Arnhem Land Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2004, pp. 64-65 for four illustrations of featuring three other paintings by the artists artist depicting mimic spirits, one of which is in the collection of The the National Gallery of Australia.
• Notes:
  Bark paintings of mimih spirits were among the first to be collected in the early twentieth century; Baldwin Spencer made extensive collections of such bark barks, most of which are now in the Museum of Victoria collection. Mimih continue to be a popular subject among artists. Kuningbal is renowned for his paintings and sculptures of these spirits who inhabit the rocky escarpment of West Arnhem Land. Although they are not considered to be ancestral beings, mimih are credited with having taught the peoples of western Arnhem Land the arts of living; of hunting and collecting, of butchering game and cooking, dancing and singing, and even the practices of weaving and painting. In bark paintings, mimih are often shown in scenes of ceremony, hunting and with ancestral beings. Kuningbal often painted these spirits either singly or in groups. Wally Caruana
• Estimate:
  A$7,000 - 10,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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