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Gulwarrk - Ancestral Creator Spirit
Gulwarrk - Ancestral Creator Spirit
Gulwarrk - Ancestral Creator Spirit
Gulwarrk - Ancestral Creator Spirit
Gulwarrk - Ancestral Creator Spirit
Gulwarrk - Ancestral Creator Spirit
Gulwarrk - Ancestral Creator Spirit
Gulwarrk - Ancestral Creator Spirit
Gulwarrk - Ancestral Creator Spirit
Gulwarrk - Ancestral Creator Spirit
Gulwarrk - Ancestral Creator Spirit
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Artist Name
Narritjin Maymuru
Artwork Name
Gulwarrk - Ancestral Creator Spirit, 1964
Medium
Natural earth pigments and synthetic fixative on eucalyptus bark
Dimensions
46.85 x 12.60 inches
119 × 32cm
Inventory ID
INV-MAYN-0001

Provenance

The Artist, Yirrkala region, North East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
The Kohane Collection, Melbourne
Important Australian, International + Aboriginal Art, Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 26 November 2014, lot 115
Private Collection, Melbourne

Exhibited

Aratjara: Art of the First Australians, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, West Germany, 24 April – 4 July 1993; Hayward Gallery, London, 23 July – 10 October 1993; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark, 11 February – 23 May 1994; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 23 June – 15 August 1994 (label attached verso).

Literature

Aratjara: Art of the First Australians, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, West Germany, 1993, cat. 47, p. 176 (illus.)
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Status
Consigned
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