Micky Aruni
circa 1917-1973

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

Micky Aruni

circa 1917-1973
UNTITLED (JANUS FIGURE) (CIRCA 1973)

natural earh pigments on carved iron-wood
57.5CM HIGH

Provenance

Executed on Bathurst or Mellville Island, Northern Territory
Private Collection, United States of America
Important Aboriginal Art, Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 30 June 1997, lot 194, illustrated
Private Collection, Melbourne

Exhibited

Art of Aboriginal Australia, Rothmans Art Gallery of Stratford, June-September 1974; The Glenbow-Alberta Institute, Alberta, September-October 1974; The Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatchewan, November-December 1974; The Vancouver Centennial Museum, British Columbia, December 1974-January 1975; The Edmonton Art Gallery, January-February 1975; The Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario, March 1975; Musee du Quebec, April-May 1975; Musee d'Art Contemporain, Montreal; Dalousie University Art Gallery, Nova Scotia, June-July 1975; Memorial University Art Gallery, Newfoundland, August 1975; Confederation Art Gallery and Museum, September-October 1975; Agnes Etherignton Art Gallery, Ontario, October-November 1975; The Royal Ontario Museum, Ontario, April-May 1976, cat.121

Literature

Robert Edwards, Art of Aboriginal Australia, Rothmans of Pall Mall, Canada, 1974, p.62 (illustrated)