Overmodelled ancestor skull
Papua New Guinea, East Sepik Province, Middle Sepik, Iatmul
sold
EUR 4,500
Provenance
Rudi Caesar, Madang, Papua New Guinea
Coll. Lechner, Madang, Papua New Guinea (1970)
Chicago-born artist Rudi Caesar is known for abstract paintings and landscapes. He lived in Papua New Guinea for over thirty years. Caesar worked with well-known Australian painters such as William Dobell, Paul Jones and Margaret Olley.
Size
L: 20 cm
L: 7.9 inch
Description
human skull, mass of red clay, latex, tigasso oil and lime, red and black pigment, cowries, plant fibres, nose rest.