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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Aboriginal Art from the Luczo Family Collection, USA
• Sale Date:
  19 Oct 2016 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  19
• Lot Description:
  Ben Tipungwuti
  (c.1916 – 1979)
  Untitled (Tiwi Figure), c.1960
  natural earth pigments, resin and hair on carved ironwood
  62.0 cm height
  Provenance: Created at Nguiu, Bathurst Island ; Stephen Kellner Gallery, Sydney ; Private collection, Sydney; Sotheby's, Melbourne, 24 July 2007, lot 75; The Luczo Family Collection, USA; This work was originally sold with a copy of a letter from Brother John Pye, the Head of St Therese’s Mission on Nguiu, Bathurst Island written in 1977, whereby he identified the carving as ‘definitely’ by Ben Tipungwuti, from an earlier period in time. In the letter he recounts how the first figurative carvings were created on Bathurst Island in 1952 and that the decoration is representative of body markings, reflecting the artist’s tribal skin group.
• Estimate:
  A$10,000 - 15,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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