About this lot

Estimated Value: $250-350

Title: Milaybuma The Barramundi 

Artist: Roslyn Ann Kemp and an unknown artist

Origin: Australia, Aboriginal origins

Medium: The fish print is a print on paper framed, and the other is made of bark and other natural materials framed.

Dimensions: Largest work measures 33.5×23 in.

Condition: Light wear and yellowing of the small bark piece. 

Additional Information: Includes a print of an Aboriginal fish that uses geometric lines and patterns. It depicts a barramundi fish, a common subject in Indigenous Australian art, often connected to traditional legends, dreaming, and stories. The work of art shows an aboriginal “X-ray” painting where the artist is expressing what is seen and felt below the surface. The work has the title on the side of the work and is hand-signed by the artist. There are informative slips of paper on the back. 

Also includes a small handmade Aboriginal artwork on a piece of bark and a sprout of a plant displayed as a tree and two painted human figures hiking through the distance and a painting kangaroo hopping in the distance all panted in a dark brown color. It is unsigned and has no title. 

Lot details

Lot
60
Closed
June 27, 2025

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