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• Auction House:
  Bonhams Australia
• Sale Name:
  The Serra Collection including property from various vendors
• Sale Date:
  22 Jul 2020 ~ 6pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  9
• Lot Description:
  Yirawala
  (circa 1897-1976)
  Kangaroo (Ubar Ceremony),c.1964
  natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
  138.5 x 51.0cm (54 1/2 x 20 1/16in).
  inscribed verso: 'Yarawala [sic] / Oenpelli / Jiritja moiety'; partially obscured label attached verso: 'artist Yirrawala [sic] / Country Oenpelli / Ubar ceremony / Arnhem Land'
  RELATED EXAMPLE: Kundakidj (red plains kangaroo), c.1970, natural earth pigments on bark, 128.5 x 66.5cm, in the Arnott's Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, illustrated in Linda Michael (ed), They are Meditating: Bark Paintings from the MCA's Arnott's Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2008, p.203
• Provenance:
  Eudald Serra Collection, Barcelona, acquired in Darwin in 1964; The Estate of Eudald Serra, Barcelona
• Exhibited:
  Arte Aborigen Australiano, Sala de Santa Catalina del Ateneo, Madrid, 11 May 1967
• References:
  Alberto Folch and Eudald Serra, Arte Aborigen Australiano, Cuadernos de Arte, Madrid, 1967
• Estimate:
  A$8,000 - 12,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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