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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Aboriginal & Oceanic Art & Artefacts
• Sale Date:
  11 Feb 2018 ~ 2.30pm
• Lot #:
  129
• Lot Description:
  Mansell William Arthur Byram
  (1893-1977)
  Rare Fine Tapstry Depicting Aboriginal Mythology
  64 cms x 108 cms
• Notes:
  William Arthur Byram Mansell (1893-1977), artist and designer, was born on 9 September 1893 at Double Bay, Sydney. Inspired by materials from Sir Baldwin Spencer's expeditions, and Charles Mountford's photographs from the Australian-American Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, Mansell took up Aboriginal mythology as a theme in his art, and followed the advice of Sydney Ure Smith to create his own style by adapting rather than by copying Aboriginal techniques… In 1954 Mansell became a foundation member of the National (Art) Gallery Society of New South Wales; four years later he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of British Artists, London, and the Royal Art Society of New South Wales. Drawing on Aboriginal motifs, he executed numerous murals (some in ceramic tiles) for business firms and local councils in the early 1960s, as well as panels for the New South Wales Government Railways, the tanker, Amanda Miller, and the ferry, Empress of Australia. (source Australian Dictionary of Biography)
• Estimate:
  A$600 - 800
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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