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• Auction House:
  Sotheby's Australia
• Sale Name:
  Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design
• Sale Date:
  15 Apr 2014 ~ 6pm
• Lot #:
  294
• Lot Description:
  Micky Aruni
  (Circa 1917-1973)
  (Janus figure) (circa 1973)
  natural earh pigments on carved iron-wood
  57.5 cm high
• Provenance:
  Executed on Bathurst or Mellville Island, Northern Territory; Private Collection, United States of America; Important Aboriginal Art, Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 30 June 1997, lot 194, illustrated; Private Collection, Melbourne
• Exhibited:
  Art of Aboriginal Australia, Rothmans Art Gallery of Stratford, June-September 1974, The Glenbow-Alberta Institute, Alberta, September-October 1974, The Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatchewan, November-December 1974, The Vancouver Centennial Museum, British Columbia, December 1974-January 1975, The Edmonton Art Gallery, January-February 1975, The Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario, March 1975, Musee du Quebec, April-May 1975, Musee d'Art Contemporain, Montreal, Dalousie University Art Gallery, Nova Scot
• References:
  Robert Edwards, Art of Aboriginal Australia, Rothmans of Pall Mall, Canada, 1974, p. 62 (illustrated)
• Estimate:
  A$4,000 - 6,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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