Aboriginal bark ornament.
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Primary Artist
Margaret Preston (1875–1963)
Title
Other titles
Aboriginal hunt design
Date made
1940
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Matrix size
35.4 x 34.8 cm (printed image)
Support
tapa cloth
Impression
published state
Edition information
edition unknown, uncoloured
Subject description
Design based on an Aboriginal bark painting depicting a hunting ceremony with kangaroo and goanna forms.
Collection
Private collection
IRN
Not Known
Provenance
Christie's, Works on paper, Melbourne, 21 May 1990, lot 144 as Aboriginal Hunt (ill.).
Country of context
Australia
Creators
PRESTON, Margaret | (1875–1963) Australian | Female | artist