Provenance
The Artist
George McMahon, Albury, New South Wales, acquired from the above circa 1890s
by descent
Private Collection, South Australia
Aboriginal & Oceanic Art, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 15 November 2005, lot 53
Private Collection, acquired from the above
Acquired directly from the artist by George McMahon, a customs officer at Albury on the New South Wales/Victoria border, and then by direct descent.
George McMahon, Albury, New South Wales, acquired from the above circa 1890s
by descent
Private Collection, South Australia
Aboriginal & Oceanic Art, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 15 November 2005, lot 53
Private Collection, acquired from the above
Acquired directly from the artist by George McMahon, a customs officer at Albury on the New South Wales/Victoria border, and then by direct descent.
Exhibited
Reverence, D'Lan Contemporary, Melbourne, 27 October – 1 December 2023
Literature
Sayers, A., Aboriginal Artists of the Nineteenth Century, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1994, for several related examples. Cf. Fight Between Two Tribes, in the collection of the National Museum of Australia, Canberra, illustrated in Sayers, A., Aboriginal Artists of the Nineteenth Century, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1994, p. 34, plate M4 The artist was commissioned by the new settlers to produce drawings of traditional life, ceremonies and hunting. McRae also chose subjects from Aboriginal history as well as those that reflected contemporary late nineteenth-century life in northern Victoria. Images of fighting are a recurrent theme in his work. Fights between tribes were highly ritualised affairs: The combatants prepared themselves, then one group would rush towards the other throwing spears and boomerangs. Then hand-to-hand combat would commence.
Reverence 2023, D'Lan Contemporary Pty Ltd, Melbourne, p. 36
Reverence 2023, D'Lan Contemporary Pty Ltd, Melbourne, p. 36
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Status
Sold