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Australia, Northern Territory, Arnhem Land: ‘butterfly’. A painted wooden sculpture of the Australian Aborigines. Carver unknown. Before 1969.

Lot No. 268

Australia, Northern Territory, Arnhem Land: ‘butterfly’. A painted wooden sculpture of the Australian Aborigines. Carver unknown. Before 1969.


Australia, Northern Territory, Arnhem Land: ‘butterfly’. A painted wooden sculpture of the Australian Aborigines. Carver unknown. Before 1969. - Tribal Art

A creative, large ‘butterfly’ carved by an Aboriginal artist and painted with earth colours, soot and white clay. With large wings on both sides. On the head (with eyes), the ‘butterfly’ displays a white feather as ‘antenna’ (the second feathered ‘antenna’ on the other side is broken). A very original object. Dimensions: L: 42 cm, H: 21 cm, W: 17 cm. (ME)

Provenance: Purchased by Prof. Dr. Jan Jelinek during his first ‘Czechoslovak scientific expedition’ directly from the Aborigines in Arnhem Land, Northern Australia, in 1969. Since then preserved in the family collection in Brno, Czech Republic.

Specialist: Erwin Melchardt Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465

erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at

05.11.2014 - 13:00

Estimate:
EUR 1,600.- to EUR 2,000.-

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Australia, Northern Territory, Arnhem Land: ‘butterfly’. A painted wooden sculpture of the Australian Aborigines. Carver unknown. Before 1969.


A creative, large ‘butterfly’ carved by an Aboriginal artist and painted with earth colours, soot and white clay. With large wings on both sides. On the head (with eyes), the ‘butterfly’ displays a white feather as ‘antenna’ (the second feathered ‘antenna’ on the other side is broken). A very original object. Dimensions: L: 42 cm, H: 21 cm, W: 17 cm. (ME)

Provenance: Purchased by Prof. Dr. Jan Jelinek during his first ‘Czechoslovak scientific expedition’ directly from the Aborigines in Arnhem Land, Northern Australia, in 1969. Since then preserved in the family collection in Brno, Czech Republic.

Specialist: Erwin Melchardt Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465

erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at

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Auction: Tribal Art
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 05.11.2014 - 13:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 31.10. - 05.11.2014

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