Title
Bushfire
(1961)
Artist
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Details
- Other Title
- A bushfire
- Place where the work was made
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Milingimbi
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Central Arnhem Land
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Northern Territory
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Australia
- Date
- (1961)
- Media category
- Bark painting
- Materials used
- natural pigments on bark
- Dimensions
- 76.8 x 46.4 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Dr Stuart Scougall 1961
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- IA17.1961
- Copyright
- © Binyinyuwuy Estate. Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd
- Artist information
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Binyinyuwuy Djarrankuykuy
Works in the collection
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About
The bushfire swept through coconut palms on the mainland. The cross-hatching is the plain where the trees grew, the zig-zag lines represent the skin or bark of the palms, the red caps at the top represent the fire consuming the trees.
© Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2005
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Places
Where the work was made
Milingimbi
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Exhibition history
Shown in 3 exhibitions
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1961, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Apr 1962–25 May 1962
Gamarada, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 Nov 1996–16 Feb 1997
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, Lindy Allen and Louise Hamby, Art from Milingimbi, Sydney, 2016, 57 (colour illus.), 140.
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