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ARTIST ONCE KNOWN Untitled (Tiwi Ceremonial Designs), c.1970 ochre on bark 86.5 x 36 cm; 100 x 51 cm (backing board) inscribed verso: MO11; BC-02; label verso: Deutscher and Hackett PROVENANCE The Artist, painted on Bathurst Island, NT Tiwi Designs, NT James Smeaton Collection, Vic Deutscher and Hackett, Australian Indigenous Art, featuring works from the collection of James Smeaton, Melbourne, 06/06/2023, Lot No. 51 Private collection, NSW The composition features dynamic bands of ochre, white, and black, arranged in rhythmic symmetry. These motifs are not literal illustrations but symbolic markers, designs that hold spiritual power, guiding the deceased's spirit into the afterlife and reaffirming kinship ties among the living. The controlled brushwork, layering of cross-hatched pigment, and the use of negative space reveal an experienced hand attuned to both ceremony and design.