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Title

Water and wallaby dreaming

1981

Artist

Dick Pantimus Tjupurrula

Australia

circa 1940 – 1983

Language group: Luritja, Central Desert region

  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    Papunya → Northern Territory → Australia
    Cultural origin
    Papunya Tula Movement
    Date
    1981
    Media category
    Painting
    Materials used
    synthetic polymer paint on linen
    Dimensions
    181.3 x 182.6 x 2.0 cm stretcher
    Signature & date

    Not signed. Not dated.

    Credit
    Gift of the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales 1995
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    487.1995
    Copyright
    © Estate of Dick Pantimus Tjupurrula. Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd

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  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Papunya

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 1 exhibition

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 2 publications

    • Vivien Johnson, Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists, 'Dick Pantimas Tjupurrula', pg. 156, Northern Territory, 2008, 156 (colour illus.).

    • Vivien Johnson, Painted Dreams, 'Collecting Western Desert Art - a personal view', pg. 8-13, Sydney, 1995, 9, 22, 23 (colour illus.), 46. plate no. 5