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Gunguyuma

(Australia 1916–circa 1970)

Language group
Djambarrpuyngu, Arnhem region
Title
The thunder man. Cliffs N.W. of Yirrkala
Place of origin
North-east Arnhem LandNorthern TerritoryAustralia
Year
circa 1960
Media category
Bark painting
Materials used
natural pigments on bark
Dimensions

192.4 x 67.3cm

Credit
Gift of Dr Stuart Scougall 1960
Accession number
IA24.1960
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (2)

Kasper König (Germany) (Author), Emily Joyce Evans (Germany) (Author), Falk Wolf (Germany) (Author), Remembering forward: Australian Aboriginal painting since 1960, Cologne, 2010, 108 (colour illus.), 118. cat.no. 48

Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Author), Steven Miller (Australia) (Author), Tony Tuckson (Egypt; England; Australia, b.1921, d.1973) (Author), James Scougall (Australia) (Author), Mollie Gowing (Australia, d.2009) (Author), Harry Messel (Author), Craig Brush (Author), Ronald Fine (Australia) (Author), Alison Fine (Australia) (Author), Gordon Davies (Australia) (Author), Rosalind Davies (Author), Christopher Hodges (Australia, b.1954) (Author), Helen Eager (Australia, b.1952) (Author), Rosemary Gow (Australia) (Author), Sandra Phillips (Author), Daphne Wallace (Australia, b.1964) (Author), Ken Watson (Australia) (Author), Gamarada, Sydney, 1996, 33 (colour illus.).

Exhibition history (2)

Purchases and Acquisitions for 1960, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Mar 1961–23 Apr 1961.

Remembering Forward: An Exhibition of Major Australian Indigenous Artists, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 20 Nov 2010–20 Mar 2011.