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Jimmy  Mijau Mijau Artworks

Nawarran, (The Rock Python), circa 1959

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, bears inscription ‘Sugarbag’ in chalk together with Spence Museum catalogue number 22 on the reverse, 

78 x 41.5 cm

Hammerprice: A$22,000

‘Namarrkon the Lightning Man,’ 1958.

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, bears Dorothy Bennett Collection number 6 together with extensive documentation on label on reverse.,

 85.5 x 44 cm

Hammerprice: A$13,000

Three Dancing Women

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, bears Bennett collection number 2 and catalogue number E2 together with extensive documentation on the label on the reverse, 

96.5 x 44 cm

Hammerprice: A$14,000

Luma Luma 1958

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, bears Bennett Collection 1 and catalogue number E25 together with extensive documentation on label on reverse, 

88.5 x 35 cm

In the opinion of the author this is not a depiction of Luma luma but a Ma’am spirit

Hammerprice: A$8,000

Male and Female Mimihs c. 1959

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, bears Bennett Collection number 5 and catalogue number E17 on the reverse, 

66 x 38 cm

Hammerprice: A$6,000

Namarrkon (The Lightning Man) 1957

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, bears artist’s name and title in felt pen and marker and on label, together with Spence Museum catalogue number 95 on the reverse, 

69 x 25 cm

Hammerprice: A$5,000

Two Mimih Figures c. 1964

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, 

63.5 x 25 cm

Hammerprice: A$4,000

Two Mimih Figures c. 1958

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, bears title ‘brothers’, date and catalogue number 34 on the reverse, 

52.5 x 17 cm

Hammerprice: A$4,000

Freshwater Turtles

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, bears inscription ‘Freshwater Turtles by Mijaw Mijaw’ in felt pen on the reverse, 

88.5 x 35 cm

Hammerprice: A$3,200

Male Kangaroo 1965

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, bears artist’s name ‘Mijaumijau’ (sic) on the reverse, 

93 x 50 cm

Hammerprice: A$2,800

Mimih Dancers , c.1965

Natural earth pigments on bark, 

64 x 25 cm

Hammerprice: A$2,600

Untitled (Dancing Figures)

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark,

 63.5 x 22 cm

Hammerprice: A$2,500

A Spirit Singing by a Sacred Ceremony Ground

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, bears artist’s name in biro together with the artist’s name, title, language group (Djawaitja), date and place of execution (1958, Croker Island N. T.) and brief notes relating to the story depicted on label on the reverse, 

72 x 34 cm

Hammerprice: A$2,600

Porcupine Dance at Mating Time

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, artist’s name, title and area on partial label verso, 

28 x 78 cm

Hammerprice: A$2,200

Mimi Figure, c. 1969

Natural earth pigments on bark, 

66 x 16 cm

Hammerprice: A$2,200

Two Barramundi c. 1968

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, bears artist’s name and catalogue numbers together with a descriptive label on the reverse, 

44 x 83 cm

Hammerprice: A$2,200

Namarnday Spirit 1954

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, bears artist’s name, title, and an inscription stating that the work was collected in 1954 on the shores near Murgenella (opposite Crocker Island) on the reverse, 

79 x 26 cm

Recorded as Midjaumidjau but by Wagbara in the opinion of the author

Hammerprice: A$2,200

Mimih, C1960

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, 

72 x 21 cm

Hammerprice: A$1,800

Barramundi 1969

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark bark,

 88 x 34.5 cm

Hammerprice: A$1,600

Barramundi c. Early 1960s

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, bears the artist’s name and title on the reverse, 

33 x 83 cm

Hammerprice: A$1,500

Female Goanna 1957

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, bears artist’s name and clan ‘Maung’, area ‘Goulburn Island’,104 x 25 cm

Hammerprice: A$1,500

Barramundi c. 1965

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, bears artist’s name (Mijau Mijau) and title on reverse, 

28 x 72 cm

Hammerprice: A$1,100

Barramundi Fish (1970)

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, 32 x 62 cm

In the opinion of the Author this bark may not be by Jimmy Midjaumidjau

Hammerprice: A$700

Mullet

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, inscribed verso with artist’s name, title and location; descriptive label attached verso, 

30 x 63 cm

Hammerprice: A$480

Freshwater Crocodile

Earth pigments on bark, 

74 x 35 cm

UNSOLD

Mimih Figure

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, bears artist’s name in ballpoint pen on the reverse, 

89 x 23 cm

UNSOLD

Namarnday Spirits Dancing c. 1968

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, 

65 x 26 cm

UNSOLD

Women’s Fertility Dance

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, bears incorrect inscription with regard to the artist identifying him as Namatbara, size, cat no 85, title and ‘Ceremony – Ground Magic Powers Symbols’ on the reverse, 

40 x 92 cm

UNSOLD

Namarrkon – Lightning Man

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, bears artist’s name, size, title, year 1959 and numbered 87 on the reverse, 

66.5 x 32 cm

UNSOLD

Nagijbik (?)-Male and Female Figures

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, bears artist’s name, title, indistinctly dated 1959 and numbered 81 on the reverse, 

75 x 33 cm

UNSOLD

A Mokoy (Ghost) on His Last Journey to Burralkor, the Spirt World; Mokoy Entering The Spirit World; Colomomo, Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark,

 49.3 x 92 cm

UNSOLD

Kangaroo c. 1968

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, aborignal crafts, minjilang stamp together with a description of the story on distressed gallery label on reverse, 

94 x 42.5 cm

UNSOLD

The Giant and His Wives c. 1970

Earth pigments on bark, inscribed verso, ‘Aboriginal/ Minjilang/ Croker Island/ Jimmy Mijau Mijau’, 

61.5 x 38.5 cm

UNSOLD

Long Neck Turtle 1966

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, 

83 x 36 cm

UNSOLD

Untitled (Rock Python and Flying Foxes), circa 1960

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, bears a Dorothy Bennett label on the reverse, 

71 x 54 cm

UNSOLD