Aboriginal bark ornament.

Primary Artist

Margaret Preston (1875–1963)

Title

Aboriginal bark ornament.

Other titles

Aboriginal hunt design

Date made

1940

Place made

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map

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Category

Print

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

Last Updated

14 Sep 2012