Mickey Geranium Warlapinni, circa 1905-1985, PUKUMANI DESIGN, FRUIT MINGA
Mickey Geranium Warlapinni, circa 1905-1985, PUKUMANI DESIGN, FRUIT MINGAEstimate $5,000 – $8,000
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
bears artist's name, size and title on the reverse
50.5 BY 30CM
Provenance:
Painted on Melville Island in the 1960s
Private collection
Cf. For a similar work by the artist see Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art, 28-29 July 2003, lots 142 and 144, and for a similar work by Micky Aruni Illortaminni (circa 1917-1977) in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia see Wally Caruana (ed.), Windows on the Dreaming, Sydney and Canberra: Ellsyd Press and the National Gallery of Australia, 1989, p.140, pl.81