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Nyakul Kunmanara Dawson(circa 1935-2007)Papa Mara, 2004
24 March 2013, 14:00 AEDT
Sydney, Museum of Contemporary ArtAU$10,000 - AU$15,000
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Nyakul Kunmanara Dawson (circa 1935-2007)
Papa Mara, 2004
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
180 x 178cm (70 7/8 x 70 1/16in).
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
180 x 178cm (70 7/8 x 70 1/16in).
Footnotes
PROVENANCE:
Irrunytju Arts, Western Australia
Purchased from Aboriginal and Pacific Arts, Sydney in August 2004
The Laverty Collection, Sydney
LITERATURE:
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.103 (illus.)
This painting is sold with accompanying Irrunytju Arts documentation.

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