Sydney, 25 September 2012
An important collection of Aboriginal and Oceanic art will be presented on 15 October 2012 at Sotheby’s Sydney. The auctions will be composed of 113 lots. The whole collection is estimated between $1.3m and 1.9m.
In addition to rare and ancient artefacts, Indigine contemporary art and photography will be honoured as well. Papunya works will be put on sale, including Dreaming with the Ceremonial Man (1971) by Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula, estimated between $140,000 and 180,000.
These auctions will allow the purchasers to acquire lots filled with history. For instance, a series of photographs titled Picturesque New Guinea, by J.W. Lindt, estimated between $60,000 and 80,000, will be put on sale. It is a temporal window on New Guinean colonial era, an account of life under the British protectorate.
Among the contemporary pieces presented, the key work will be Garimala, by Ginger Riley Munduwalawala (1988), estimated between $60,000 and 80,000. This work has been exhibited and acclaimed at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, in 1997.