Bob Bilinyara

DIVER BIRD AND CATFISH, CIRCA 1960

Found at Sothebys, New York
Aboriginal Art, Lot 3
4. Dec - 4. Dec 2020
Estimate: 2.000 - 4.000 USD
Price realised: 2.520 USD
Property from the Collection of Fiona Brockhoff, Melbourne
Bob Bilinyara
circa 1915-1975
DIVER BIRD AND CATFISH, CIRCA 1960
Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
Bears artist's name, language group (Djinang), and description of the story depicted on an old label on the reverse
69 5/16 in by 15½ in (176 cm by 39 cm)
Likely to have been painted in Milingimbi, Central Arnhem Land, circa 1960 | Christies, Australian and European Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings, Part I, Melbourne, 27 August 1997, lot 153 | Sotheby's, Aboriginal, African & Oceanic Art, Sydney, 9 November 1998, lot 232 | Fiona Brockhoff, Melbourne, acquired from the above sale

Auction result well in line with expectations

The work DIVER BIRD AND CATFISH, CIRCA 1960 by Bob Bilinyara was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in December 2020. The price achieved of USD 2,520.00 (€ 2,060.51) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 2,000.00 – 4,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Bob Bilinyara - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Diver Bird And Catfish, which sold at auction in December 2019 for USD 6,250.00 (€ 5,566.94).

Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen

Die Arbeit DIVER BIRD AND CATFISH, CIRCA 1960 von Bob Bilinyara kam im Dezember 2020 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 2.520,00 (€ 2.060,51) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 2.000,00 – 4.000,00 angegeben worden. Für andere Arbeiten von Bob Bilinyara mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Diver Bird And Catfish beobachtet, die im Dezember 2019 für USD 6.250,00 (€ 5.566,94) versteigert wurde.

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