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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Australian Indigenous & Oceanic Art
• Sale Date:
  21 Jul 2015 ~ 6.30pm
• Lot #:
  26
• Lot Description:
  Kaapa Mbitjana (Tjampitjinpa)
  (1920-1989)
  Untitled (The Happiness Spirit Ceremony) (1971)
  synthetic polymer paint on composition board
  bears number 6 in chalk verso
  45.5 x 30.5 cm
• Provenance:
  Geoffrey Bardon, Sydney; Important Aboriginal Art, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 20 June 1999, lot 73, illustrated; Private Collection, Melbourne (acquired from the above)
• Notes:
  This painting is sold with descriptive notes by Geoffrey Bardon which reads: "Playful ceremony for all the people, with two kangaroos crossing the ceremonial area, from left to right, a Europeanised goanna featured in the centre of the design. The symmetrically placed spiralling lines represent running water or possibly even blood for this ritual. A dingo track is marked left to right. At the bottom of the design is a snake and the accompanying large dots represents bush tucker. A large ceremonial object at the bottom of the design carries the water dreaming motif with ceremonial figures at either end. The works was painted under the school art room, with crude craft equipment. It should be compared with his later masterful achievements in technique and draughtsmanship."
• Estimate:
  A$18,000 - 25,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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