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Title

Two men dreaming

1985

Artist

Gideon Tjupurrula

Australia

circa 1928 – 1996

Language groups: Pintupi, Western Desert region, Pitjantjatjara, Southern Desert region

  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff) → Northern Territory → Australia
    Cultural origin
    Papunya Tula Movement
    Date
    1985
    Media category
    Painting
    Materials used
    synthetic polymer paint on canvas
    Dimensions
    152.5 x 152.5 cm
    Signature & date

    Not signed. Not dated.

    Credit
    Gift of the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales 1995
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    488.1995
    Copyright
    © Estate of Gideon Tjupurrula/Copyright Agency

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  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 2 exhibitions

    • Painted Dreams, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1982–1982

    • Gamarada, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 Nov 1996–16 Feb 1997

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 2 publications

    • Vivien Johnson, Painted Dreams, 'Collecting Western Desert Art - a personal view', pg. 8-13, Sydney, 1995, 10, 30, 31 (colour illus.), 46. plate no. 9

    • Vivien Johnson, Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists, 'Gideon Tjupurrula', pg. 157, Northern Territory, 2008, 157 (colour illus.). NOTE: In this book the painting is reproduced with a different orientation.