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Lily Karadada (Pitjarintjin/Woonambal) (circa 1935) L'esprit…
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Lily Karadada (Pitjarintjin/Woonambal) (circa 1935) L'esprit…
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Estimate €600 - €900
Voluntary lot
Description
Lily Karadada (Pitjarintjin/Woonambal) (circa 1935) L'esprit de la pluie/Wandjina - Rain Spirit 2010 Acrylic on canvas reference 1425LK on the back
50 x 50 cm Provenance: > Private collection Île-de-France
Condition report: Framed These mouthless figures with large eyes are representations of the rain spirits. They are the oldest human representations discovered in the Kimberley caves over 20,000 years ago. It is said that these spirits lived in the clouds and arrived on earth with the rains. The myth of extraterrestrials was already present at the dawn of our civilisations.
. This motif was then reproduced by members of Lily's family on bark, engraved on baobab nuts and, since the 1980s, on Belgian linen canvases in natural ochres, acrylic paint or a mixture of the two.
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