Lot 143
  • 143

JOHN MAWURNDJUL

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 AUD
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Description

  • John Mawurndjul
  • MARDAYIN AT MILMILNGKAN
  • Bears artist's name, size and catalogue number 4347 - 05 on a Maningrida Arts and Culture label on the reverse
  • Natural ochre pigments with PVC fixative on eucalyptus bark

  • 231 by 81.5 cm

Provenance

Painted for Maningrida Arts and Culture in 2005
Private collection

Exhibited

Land Marks, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 10 February - 11 June 2006

Literature

Ryan, J., Land Marks, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2006, illustrated p.38

Condition

The bark painting is in very good condition with no visible paint loss to the painted surface area. There are slight scuffs to teh edges of the bark. The bark is supported by a metal brace system
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Catalogue Note

Cf. For other paintings in this genre see Mardayin ceremony, Theme 1, 1997, Mardayin ceremony, 2000, Mardayin design at Kakodebuldi, 2002, and Mardayin at Kudjarnngal, 2003, the latter in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, in Museum Tinguely, > John Mawurndjul: Journey through time in Northern Australia, Schwabe Verlag Basel, 2005, pp.124, 144 and 145 respectively; see also Mardayin design at Dilebang, 2006, in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia in Croft, B.L., Culture Warriors: National Indigenous Triennial, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2007, p.19, illus.