UNTITLED - TWO ABSTRACT COMPOSITIONS
both signed and numbered J PIKE 39/95 & 24/95 in pencil lower margin; one dated 1987 lower margin
both silkscreen printed in colours
one 47 x 63cm; 18 1/2 x 26in
63 1/2 x 89cm; 29 x 35in (framed)
the other 55 x 65cm; 21 1/2 x 25 1/2in
81 x 90cm; 32 x 35 1/2in (framed)
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Property from a London Collection

Jimmy Pike's early years were as a hunter-gatherer east of Japingka in the Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia, but he became part of the great exodus of desert people in the 1940s and 50s who moved into the cattle country of Kimberley, working on cattle stations. He had his first exhibition in Freemantle in the early 1980s. It followed several years spent in prison, a forced confinement that gave him the opportunity to explore his art, including his print technique but in particular the development of colour in his work which subsequently became a distinctive feature of his output, distinguishing him from other Aboriginal painters. Pike co-authored a number of story books with his wife Pat Lowe, detailing traditional life in the desert. His work is widely represented in public museums across Australia, including the National Gallery of Australia, The Art Gallery of New South Wales and The National Gallery of Victoria.

offered for sale without reserve