LOT DETAILS

Materials:

natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

Measurements:

13.78 in. (35.00 cm.) (height) by 19.69 in. (50.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

inscribed on label verso reads: ‘From Church Missionary Society, Oenpelli Aboriginal Mission, Arnhem Land, N.T., Australia. Beautifully executed Fish painting by ‘Old Sam’ (last name illegible) of Oenpelli’

Provenance:

Painted at Oenpelli (Gunbalanya), Western Arnhem Land Church Missionary Society, Oenpelli; The Giffen Collection, United States of America