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Bark painting
Yirawala, Aborigine (1905 -1976), Australien

ochre on bark, depiction of two fishes, in profile, one on top of the other, whitened in a thick layer and painted with linear ornaments in red and yellow ochre, inscribed verso «Barramundi Yirrawala 19», stamp «Methodist Mission...» (rest unreadable);
the barramundi («lates calcarifer») is a kind of perch, belonging to the family of the giant perches («latidae») and appears mainly in Australia.
Works of the artist Yirawala were sold at Sotheby's Australia: Sotheby's Sidney, 28.July 2003, lot 82; Sotheby's Melbourne 31. July 2006, lot 67; Sotheby's Melbourne 20. July 2009, lot 28
M: 70 x 56 cm, (4991/003)

Bark painting
Yirawala, Aborigine (1905 -1976), Australien

ochre on bark, depiction of two fishes, in profile, one on top of the other, whitened in a thick layer and painted with linear ornaments in red and yellow ochre, inscribed verso «Barramundi Yirrawala 19», stamp «Methodist Mission...» (rest unreadable);
the barramundi («lates calcarifer») is a kind of perch, belonging to the family of the giant perches («latidae») and appears mainly in Australia.
Works of the artist Yirawala were sold at Sotheby's Australia: Sotheby's Sidney, 28.July 2003, lot 82; Sotheby's Melbourne 31. July 2006, lot 67; Sotheby's Melbourne 20. July 2009, lot 28
M: 70 x 56 cm, (4991/003)