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Dorothy Robinson Napangardi (born circa 1956) Women's Dreaming (Karntakurlangu Jukurrpa), 2000 image 1

Lot 110

Dorothy Robinson Napangardi
(born circa 1956)
Women's Dreaming (Karntakurlangu Jukurrpa), 2000

The Laverty Collection: Contemporary Australian Art

24 March 2013, 14:00 AEDT

Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art

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Dorothy Robinson Napangardi (born circa 1956)

Women's Dreaming (Karntakurlangu Jukurrpa), 2000
inscribed 'Dorothy' and bears artist's name, dimensions and catalogue number 4313 on the reverse and artist's name, catalogue number 14090, title, medium, dimensions and collection information on two Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney labels on the reverse
synthetic polymer paint on linen
153 x 153cm (60 1/4 x 60 1/4in).

Footnotes

PROVENANCE:
Painted in Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Purchased from Hogarth Galleries, Sydney in May 2000
The Laverty Collection, Sydney

EXHIBITED:
Recent Paintings by Dorothy Napangardi Robinson & Prince of Wales, Hogarth Galleries Aboriginal Art Centre, Sydney, 11 - 29 April 2000, cat. no. 4
Dancing up country: the work of Dorothy Napangardi, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 10 December 2002 - 9 March 2003
Laverty 2, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, 14 May - 14 August 2011
The Colin and Elizabeth Laverty collection - a selection of Indigenous and non-Indigenous art exhibition, Geelong Gallery, Geelong, 18 February - 15 April 2012

LITERATURE:
Merryn Gates (ed.), Dancing up country: the work of Dorothy Napangardi, exh. cat., Sydney: Museum of Contemporary Art, 2002, pl.16, p.28 (illus.)
Christine Nicholls, 'Thinking Big; spatial conception in the art of Dorothy Napangardi', Artlink, vol.23, no.3, September 2003, p.47 (illus.)
Colin Laverty and Elizabeth Laverty et al., Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australia's Remote Aboriginal Communities - the collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Melbourne: Hardie Grant Books, 2008, p.84 (illus.)
Colin Laverty and Elizabeth Laverty et al., Beyond Sacred: Australian Aboriginal Art - the collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Edition II, Melbourne: Kleimeyer Industries, 2011, p.90 (illus.)
Glenn Barkley et al., Volume One: MCA Collection, Sydney: Museum of Contemporary Art, 2011, p.369 (illus.)

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