Mick Namararri Tjapaltjarri
Old Man’s Dreamings, 1972
Synthetic polymer paint on carved beanwood plaque
17 ¹¹⁄₁₆ x 11 ⅛ x 1 ¼ inches (44.93 x 28.26 x 3.18 cm)
Photo: Tony De Camillo for the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University
Provenance
Acquired from Stuart Art Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, early 1973
Sotheby's, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 30 June, 1997, lot 250
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
Publications
Sotheby's, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 30 June, 1997, page 120Related artworks
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Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri, The Honey Ant Story, 1972 -
Mick Namararri Tjapaltjarri, Yam Traveling in the Sandhills (Version 2) [formerly Bush Tucker Story], 1971
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Mick Namararri Tjapaltjarri, Tjunginpa, 1991
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Mick Namararri Tjapaltjarri, Water Dreaming, 1972
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Mick Namararri Tjapaltjarri, Big Cave Dreaming with Ceremonial Object [formerly Untitled], 1972
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