Aboriginal Art: 10th Anniversary Auction
Catalog Information: 131 lots | 129 with images
Date: 2006
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
Australia
Lot 1: A PARRYING SHIELD, DARLING OR LACHLAN RIVER REGIONS, NEW SOUTH WALES,
MEASUREMENTS Length: 75 cm of bi-convex section and elongated triangular profile, both sides of the face decorated with incised traditional linear motifs with a central band of semi-circular designs, solid cut handle PROVENANCE Acquired by the vendo [...more]
Lot 2: A PARRYING SHIELD, MURRUMBIDGEE OR LACHLAN RIVER REGIONS, NEW SOUTH WALES,
MEASUREMENTS Length: 66 cm of bi-convex section and elongated triangular profile, the front with undecorated boss and bands of angular linear design infilled with traces of white pigment, with solid cut handle, the reverse and terminating ends decor [...more]
Lot 3: TOMMY MCRAE CIRCA 1830-1901
ANOTHER FIGHT C.1890 MEASUREMENTS 24 by 35 cm Bears title lower leftPen and ink on paper PROVENANCE Acquired directly from the artist by George McMahon, a customs officer at Albury on the New South Wales/Victoria border, thence by descent Private c [...more]
Lot 4: TOMMY MCRAE CIRCA 1830-1901
UNTITLED (FIGHTING FIGURES) C.1890 MEASUREMENTS 17 by 29.5 cm Pen and ink on paper laid down on card PROVENANCE Acquired by Alan Knox Buckley, Headmaster of Rutherglen School in the last quarter of the 19th century, thence by descent Private collec [...more]
Lot 5: A BI-CORNUAL BASKET, NORTH EAST QUEENSLAND
MEASUREMENTS 35 by 34 cm Natural earth pigments on woven lawyer cane PROVENANCE Muralambeen Homestead, Far North Queensland Private collection, Queensland Cf. For an extensive discussion of the history, construction methods and use of Queensland rai [...more]
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