Collection
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art
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Title
Bushfire
(1961)
Artist
Binyinyuwuy Djarrankuykuy
Australia
1928 - 1982
Language group
Djambarrpuyungu, Arnhem region
Artist profile
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
Details
Other Title
A bushfire
Date
(1961)
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
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Binyinyuwuy Djarrankuykuy
Bushfire
Place
Where the work was made
Milingimbi
Shown in 3 exhibitions
Exhibition history
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
Referenced in 1 publication
Bibliography
Cara Pinchbeck, Lindy Allen and Louise Hamby, Art from Milingimbi, Sydney, 2016, 57 (colour illus.), 140.