YIRAWALA (1903-1976)
Bush Turkey, c.1959.
Natural Earth Pigments on Eucalyptus Bark
84x53cm

PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Sydney; Sotheby's, Melbourne, July 9th 2001 (lot 165); Collection Mr H & Mrs P Wallace, Sydney.

LITERATURE:
Ref. 'Cross Roads Towards a New Reality: Aboriginal Art from Australia National Museum of Modern Art,' Kyoto 1992 illus. p.43 cat no.9 for a depiction of a similar bird by the artist in the x-ray style is in the collection of the Australian Museum, Sydney. The work is entitled the Dreamtime Brolga Ancestor Lying Down to Rest and is illustrated in the catalogue 'Cross Roads Towards a New Reality: Aboriginal Art from Australia National Museum of Modern Art,' Kyoto 1992 illus. p.43 cat no.9.

Estimate $8,000-12,000