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Corroboree and body decorations
Corroboree and body decorations
Corroboree and body decorations
Corroboree and body decorations
Corroboree and body decorations
Corroboree and body decorations
Corroboree and body decorations
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Artist Name
Old Walter Tjampitjinpa
Artwork Name
Corroboree and body decorations, 1971
Medium
natural earth pigments and synthetic polymer paint on composition board
Dimensions
19.49 x 16.93 inches
50 × 43cm
Inventory ID
INV-TJAO-0005

Provenance

Painted at Papunya 1971
The W.L. Jackson Collection of Early Western Desert Paintings, Victoria
Important Aboriginal Art, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 28 June 1999, lot 62
The Collection of Ian W. Hicks AO, Melbourne

Exhibited

Significant part I, D'Lan Contemporary, Melbourne, 2 June – 22 July 2023

Literature

Geoffrey Bardon and James Bardon, Papunya, A Place Made After the Story: The Beginnings of the Western Desert Painting
Movement, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2004. p. 113, painting 31
Significant part I 2023, D'Lan Contemporary Pty Ltd, Melbourne, p. 15
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Status
Sold
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