Title
Rain in the trees
circa 1950s
Artist
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Details
- Other Title
- Bark painting (Rain in trees)
- Place where the work was made
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Central Arnhem Land
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Northern Territory
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Australia
- Date
- circa 1950s
- Media category
- Bark painting
- Materials used
- natural pigments on bark
- Dimensions
- 58.4 x 17.8
- Credit
- Purchased 1962
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- IA14.1962
- Copyright
- © Estate of Jimmy Lipundja/Copyright Agency
- Artist information
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Jimmy Lipundja
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About
'Rain in the trees' c1950s is distinct within Lipundja’s oeuvre, referring to seasonal change and the atmospherics of country. The work references the season of midawarr, just after the wet, when bush foods are ripe, animals are fat and seafoods are plentiful. At this time the wind blows from the east and it is the season for yams. It is a painting for his mother’s clan and provides an interesting comparison with the work of Binyinyuwuy of the same title, from about 1959. Both works offer an evocative image of rain replenishing country, with Binyinyuwuy’s being of the dramatic deluge and electrical storms that come with the wet, while Lipundja’s is of the following season, when lighter rains fall and the regenerative powers of seasonal change are evident.
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Places
Where the work was made
Central Arnhem Land
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Art from Milingimbi: taking memories back, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 Nov 2016–29 Jan 2017
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Cara Pinchbeck, Art from Milingimbi, ‘Lipundja’, pg. 94-101, Sydney, 2016, 101 (colour illus.), 141.
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