Paddy Bedford Gija language group, circa 1922-2007
Provenance
The Artist, painted in the Kimberley Region, Northern Territory
Jirrawun Arts, Kimberley, Western Australia, cat.no. PB-8-2004-192
Paddy Bedford Trust
The Estate of Paddy Bedford
D'Lan Contemporary, Melbourne
Collection of Steve Martin & Anne Stringfield, New York
Exhibitions
Paddy Bedford: Masterpieces From The Estate, William Mora Galleries, Richmond, VIC, 12 November - 7 December 2013
Preview 2017: Masterpieces From The Paddy Bedford Estate, William Mora Galleries, Richmond, VIC, 3 - 25 November 2016
I Am The Law: Final Release from the Estate of Paddy Bedford, D’Lan Contemporary in Association with William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, 12 November – 16 December 2021
60 over 50: 60 Paintings from 50 Years of Australian First Nations Art, UOVO, New York, 15 - 22 May 2023
Literature
I Am The Law: Final Release from the Estate of Paddy Bedford. D’Lan Contemporary Melbourne in Association with William Mora Galleries, 2021, p. 39 (illus.)
Merlino, Vanessa and Luke Scholes. 60 over 50: 60 Paintings from 50 Years of Australian First Nations Art. UOVO, 2023, pp. 16-17 (illus.)
Publications
Michael, Linda, ed. Paddy Bedford. Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2006, p. 155 (illus.)
"Bemberrawoonany, or Brumby Spring, is near old Greenvale Station, now part of Bow River Station near the northern part of Bedford Downs. It is a place where marranyji the dingo travelled when he was a man in dreamtime."
— Linda Michael, Paddy Bedford, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2006, p. 132
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Paddy Bedford, Girrganyji The Brown Falcon Dreaming, 2000 -
Paddy Bedford, Mud Springs - Yuwangeny, 2002
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Paddy Bedford, Mendoowoorrji - Medicine Pocket, 2004
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Paddy Bedford, Twenty Mile, 2005
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Paddy Bedford, Blanket Lizard – Motor Car Yard, 2004
