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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Part 2: Important Aboriginal & Oceanic Art
• Sale Date:
  27 Nov 2013 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  140
• Lot Description:
  Samuel Wagbara
  (1928 - 1979)
  Three Spirit Figures, 1950S
  natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
  61.5 x 23.5 cm
• Provenance:
  Executed at Minjilang, Croker Island, Western Arnhem Land; Collection of Tony Martin and Cyd Charisse, United States of America, acquired in the 1950s; Private collection, Melbourne
• References:
  RELATED WORKS: Three Mimih with Didgeridoo and Clapping Sticks, c1960, collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, illus. in Michael, L., (ed.), They are Meditating, Bark Painting from the MCA's Arnott 's Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2008, p. 191
• Notes:
  During the 1950s artists on Croker Island were encouraged and commissioned by early collectors and anthropologists such as Tony Tuckson, Dr Stuart Scougall, Ronald and Catherine Berndt, Karel Kupka and Charles Mountford to paint scorcery and magic figures, even though the missionaries strongly disapproved. The works from this period captured the energy of the early rock gallery paintings. Artists who painted in this style include Jimmy Midjawmidjaw, Yiriwala, Paddy Compass Namatbara, January Nangunyari, and Samuel Wagbara.
• Estimate:
  A$5,000 - 7,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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