JUDY WATSON ET AL

Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu
Private collection, Melbourne

The painting is in very good condition with no scratches, scuffing or marks.
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Cf. Karrku, 1996, a collaboration of 36 artists, in the Kluge-Ruhe Collection, University of Virginia, in Morphy, H. and M. Smith Boles (eds.), Art from the Land: Dialogues with the Kluge-Ruhe collection of Australian Aboriginal art, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA, 1999, pp.196-7, plate 7.1

One of a number of large collaborative works for which the Warlukuralngu Artists at Yuendumu are renowned. This painting was produced for the Yeperenye Festival in Alice Springs in 2001. Other examples of major collaborations include Janganpa Jukurrpa Mawurrjirla manu Mungapunjurla Jukurrpa  (Native Possum Dreaming at Mawurrji and Mungapunju), 2003, painted by 35 artists, in the atrium of the ABS House (Australian Bureau of Statistics), Canberra

This painting is sold with accompanying Warlukurlangu Artists certificates