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Lot 81:
Charlie Mardigan 1926-1986
UNTITLED (1968)
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
64.3 X 22.5CM

PROVENANCE
Painted at Wadeye, Port Keats (1968)
Private Collection, Melbourne
Sotheby's estimate $6,000-$8,000