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Title

Untitled

circa 1975

Artist

Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula

Australia

circa 1920 – 12 Feb 2001

Language group: Luritja, Central Desert region

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  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    Papunya Northern Territory Australia
    Cultural origin
    Papunya Tula Movement
    Date
    circa 1975
    Media category
    Painting
    Materials used
    synthetic polymer paint on cotton duck
    Dimensions
    124.0 x 82.0 x 3.8 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
    489.1995
    Copyright
    © Estate of Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula. Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd
    Artist information
    Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula

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    Works in the collection

    3

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  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Papunya

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 3 exhibitions

    • Painted Dreams, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1982–1982

    • Gamarada, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 Nov 1996–16 Feb 1997

    • The streets of Papunya, Galleries UNSW, Paddington, 05 Sep 2015–07 Nov 2015

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 3 publications

    • Edmund Capon AM, OBE, Steven Miller, Tony Tuckson, James Scougall, Mollie Gowing, Harry Messel, Craig Brush, Ronald Fine, Alison Fine, Gordon Davies, Rosalind Davies, Christopher Hodges, Helen Eager, Rosemary Gow, Sandra Phillips, Daphne Wallace and Ken Watson, Gamarada, Sydney, 1996, 72 (colour illus.).

    • Vivien Johnson, Painted Dreams, 'Collecting Western Desert Art - a personal view', pg. 8-13, Sydney, 1995, 9, 18, 19 (colour illus.), 46. plate no. 3

    • Geraldine O'Brien, Look, 'Australia's indigenous art', pg. 28-31, Sydney, Jun 2006, 31 (colour illus.).

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