Untitled

Details

Artist

Shorty Lungkata Tjungurrayi

Title

Untitled

Year

1972

Medium

synthetic polymer on composition board

Size

50.6 x 35.5 cm

Stock Number

280067

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Acquired by National Gallery of Australia.

Provenance

Alex Vortignon, Gallery of Man, W.A.
Mrs Margaret Carnegie, Melbourne
Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne
Private collection, Brisbane, 1989
Private Collection, Melbourne

Exhibited

''A Myriad of Dreaming, Twentieth Century Aboriginal Art'', Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, 1989, cat. no. 44
''Annual Collectors Exhibition 2000'', Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, cat. no. 86
''Australian Modern: Arte Australiana Moderna e Contemporanea e Arte Aborigena'', Fondazione Mudima, Milan, 23 April - 24 May, 2002
''Annual Collectors' Exhibition 2008'', Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, cat. no. 25

Literature

''A Myriad of Dreaming, Twentieth Century Aboriginal Art'', Malakoff Fine Art Press, 1989, p. 47 (illus)
''Annual Collectors' Exhibition 2008'' (exhibition catalogue), Malakoff Fine Art Press, Melbourne, 2008, p.30 (illus)

Further Information

This painting is a beautiful but complex and elaborate pictorial composition delivering in great detail, the vastness of the Gibson Desert. Symbols of trees, hills, caves and vegetation within this immense region are represented. The sweeping arms of the landmass act as a water-shed to supply several important water and ceremonial locations.