NGALYOD – RAINBOW SERPENT,1989

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Melbourne
15 July 2020
105

JAMES IYUNA

born 1959
NGALYOD – RAINBOW SERPENT,1989

natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

231.0 x 77.0 cm (irregular)

Estimate: 
$4,000 – 6,000
Sold for $10,432 (inc. BP) in Auction 61 - 15 July 2020, Melbourne
Provenance

Maningrida Arts and Crafts, Maningrida, Northern Territory (cat. IYU76, certificate of authenticity attached verso)
Deutscher Gertrude Street, Melbourne
The Peter and Renate Nahum Collection of Aboriginal Art, London, acquired from the above in 1989

Exhibited

Kunwinjku: Bark paintings by James Iyuna, John Mawurndjul and Ivan Namirikki, Deutscher Gertrude Street, Melbourne, 12 – 28 July 1989

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Maningrida Arts and Crafts, Maningrida, Northern Territory.