Mick Namararri Tjapaltjarri
Water Dreaming, 1972
Synthetic polymer powder paint on composition board
27 3/8 max x 22 1/4 inches (69.53 x 56.52 cm)
Photo: Tony De Camillo for the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University
Provenance
Papunya Tula, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, cat. no. PT 30
Deutscher-Menzies, Fine Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 27 June, 2000, lot 32
Collection of John and Barbara Wilkerson, New York
Exhibitions
Icons of the Desert: Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya, The Herbert F Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 10 January - 5 April 2009; Fowler Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles, 3 May - 2 August, 2009; Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, 1 September - 5 December, 2009
Abstraction & the Dreaming: Aboriginal Paintings from Australia’s Western Desert (1971 – Present), Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Utah, 11 September - 12 December 2015