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Dick Nguleingulei (1920-1988) Bark, pigments, string Oenpelli, Arnhem Land, Australia, 1966 This bark painting was created in Oenpelli, Arnhem Land, Australia in 1966. It was painted by Aboriginal artist Dick Murrumurru better known as Nguleingulei. The western Arnhem Land is known for its Aboriginal art. Over thousands of years the indigenous population created art in caves and on rocks in the area around the Oenpelli (Gunbalanya) community. The present painting belongs to one of the two art styles of the region – the X-ray style. It depicts a totem kangaroo with its bones and internal organs visible. Nguleingulei was tutored by his father, an aboriginal rock and bark painter. During the 1960s and 1970s he was based at Oenpelli, an Aboriginal community in west Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia, where he made a name for himself as a skilled and prolific bark painter. Like other artists from this region he predominantly painted images of common animal species in the typical X-ray style. Nguleingulei’s figurative forms show an accuracy, delicacy and sense of proportion reminiscent of the finest rock painters. On a solid red ochre background, he rendered animals and figures in white with details in red and yellow and sometimes black. Verso: Label from the ‘Aboriginal Art Centre’ with expertise dating to 1970 Dimensions: 60 x 123 cm Condition: The painting is in good condition with minor signs of age and wear Provenance: German private collection, acquired in the 1970s Auction result comparison: Mossgreen Auctions, AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS & OCEANIC ART, JULY 22, 2014, MELBOURNE, lot 142 (for a comparable work) < BR>RefDec241018