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Aboriginal Painted Bark

North territory (Arnhem Land?), Australia

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Author

By (artist) Inconnu

Description

Rectangular piece of of Eucalyptus bark painted with red, black, white, and ocre geometric designs creating a large, stylized fish in the center.

Bibliography

Karel Kupka (préface d'André Breton, « Peintures et sculptures des Aborigènes d'Australie »), Un art à l'état brut, Lausanne, Éditions La Guilde du Livre, Clairefontaine, 1962.

Notice Artkhade

Creation datesd [circa 19-20e]
Physical descriptionHaut : 36 cm (14 1/8 in.) - Écorce d'eucalyptus, pigments blancs, noirs et ocre rouge
Place of origin
Size36,00 cm
Reference4582000
Breton Auction, 2003Lot 6101
Keywords,
CategoriesAustralie, Oceanian, Ppolynesian, Melanesian Art
ExhibitionThe Sources of Aborigine painting
Permanent linkhttps://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100046410
Place of origin