Title
Lorrkkon
(circa 1986)
Artist
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Details
- Other Title
- Log coffin
- Place where the work was made
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Mumeka
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Western Arnhem Land
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Northern Territory
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Australia
- Date
- (circa 1986)
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- natural pigments on wood
- Dimensions
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224.5 x 16.0 cm
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0 - Whole, 16 cm
0 - Whole, 224.5 cm (88 3/8")
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1986
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 243.1986
- Copyright
- © John Mawurndjul, Maningrida Arts and Culture/Copyright Agency
- Artist information
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John Mawurndjul
Works in the collection
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Exhibition history
Shown in 5 exhibitions
A material thing - Objects from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 31 Aug 1998–09 Feb 1999
Crossing country: the alchemy of Western Arnhem Land art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 24 Sep 2004–12 Dec 2004
rarrk – John Mawurndjul: Zeitreise in Nordaustralien, Museum Tinguely, Basel, 21 Sep 2005–29 Jan 2006
rarrk – John Mawurndjul: Zeitreise in Nordaustralien, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany, 19 Feb 2006–06 Jun 2006
The Dreamers (2009-10), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 09 May 2009–15 Aug 2010
John Mawurndjul: I am the old and the new, Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia, 06 Jul 2018–23 Sep 2018
John Mawurndjul: I am the old and the new, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 11 Oct 2018–28 Jan 2019
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Bibliography
Referenced in 3 publications
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Guido Magnaguagno (Director) and Bernhard Lüthi (Curator), "rarrk" John Mawurndjul: journey through time in northern Australia, Basel, 2005, 98 (colour illus.), 227.
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Hetti Perkins, Crossing country: the alchemy of western Arnhem Land art, Sydney, 2004, 204 (colour illus.), 226.
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Hetti Perkins and Ken Watson, A material thing - objects from the collection, Sydney, 1999.
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