Title
Wati G'wala (Iceman) dreaming
1989
Artist
Charlie Wartuma Tjungurrayi
Australia
circa 1921 – 1999
Language group: Pintupi, Western Desert region
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Walungurru (Kintore)
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Northern Territory
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Australia
- Cultural origin
- Papunya Tula Movement
- Date
- 1989
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- synthetic polymer paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- 90.0 x 60.7 x 3.5 cm stretcher
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales 1995
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 486.1995
- Copyright
- © Charlie Tjararu Tjungurrayi. Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd
- Artist information
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Charlie Wartuma Tjungurrayi
Works in the collection
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Places
Where the work was made
Walungurru (Kintore)
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Painted Dreams, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1982–1982
Our spirits lie in the water, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 Nov 2014–01 Nov 2015
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Bibliography
Referenced in 3 publications
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Vivien Johnson and Tim Johnson, The Painted Dream, 1991, 51.
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Vivien Johnson, Painted Dreams, 'Collecting Western Desert Art - a personal view', pg. 8-13, Sydney, 1995, 12, 42, 43 (colour illus.), 46. plate no. 15
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Hetti Perkins and Ken Watson, Aboriginal art collections: highlights from Australia's public museums and galleries, 'Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney', pg. 40-45, Sydney, 2001, 43 (colour illus.). plate no. 24
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