Artist: Nongirrna Marawili | Title: Baratjala | Year: 2022 | Medium: collagraph and silkscreen | Dimensions: 82 x 58 cm
EDITIONS
33 and 42 of 50
PROVENANCE
Buku Larrngay Mulka, Cat No. 3307-20
Adrian & Anne Newstead, Collection Cat No. 30166 and 7
Also, in the collection of Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art
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STORY
In late 2017, Ṉoŋgirrŋa made an etching with Basil Hall at Yirrkala which used a brilliant fuschia as a component colour. Just as the great Emily Kngwarreye created her magnificent 8 metre masterpiece, Big Yam Dreaming, held in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, after first carving black and white lines into linoleum with master printmaker Theo Tremblay, Ṉoŋgirrŋa used pink in this master work after working with Basil Hall.
Artist Profile:
COMMUNITY/ REGION
Yirrkala, NT
LANGUAGE
Madarrpa
BIOGRAPHY
Ṉoŋgirrŋa Marawili was born on the beach at Darrpirra north of Cape Shield on the oceanside. She was one of the many children of Mundukul the Madarrpa warrior (c.1890-c.1950). Mundukul (Lightning Snake) is also the name of the serpent (also known as Water Python, Burrut’tji), which lives deep beneath the sea here… Continue Reading
EDITIONS
33 and 42 of 50
PROVENANCE
Buku Larrngay Mulka, Cat No. 3307-20
Adrian & Anne Newstead, Collection Cat No. 30166 and 7
Also, in the collection of Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art
PRICE
Enquire about this work
STORY
In late 2017, Ṉoŋgirrŋa made an etching with Basil Hall at Yirrkala which used a brilliant fuschia as a component colour. Just as the great Emily Kngwarreye created her magnificent 8 metre masterpiece, Big Yam Dreaming, held in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, after first carving black and white lines into linoleum with master printmaker Theo Tremblay, Ṉoŋgirrŋa used pink in this master work after working with Basil Hall.
Artist Profile:
COMMUNITY/ REGION
Yirrkala, NT
LANGUAGE
Madarrpa
BIOGRAPHY
Ṉoŋgirrŋa Marawili was born on the beach at Darrpirra north of Cape Shield on the oceanside. She was one of the many children of Mundukul the Madarrpa warrior (c.1890-c.1950). Mundukul (Lightning Snake) is also the name of the serpent (also known as Water Python, Burrut’tji), which lives deep beneath the sea here… Continue Reading
EDITIONS
33 and 42 of 50
PROVENANCE
Buku Larrngay Mulka, Cat No. 3307-20
Adrian & Anne Newstead, Collection Cat No. 30166 and 7
Also, in the collection of Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art
PRICE
Enquire about this work
STORY
In late 2017, Ṉoŋgirrŋa made an etching with Basil Hall at Yirrkala which used a brilliant fuschia as a component colour. Just as the great Emily Kngwarreye created her magnificent 8 metre masterpiece, Big Yam Dreaming, held in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, after first carving black and white lines into linoleum with master printmaker Theo Tremblay, Ṉoŋgirrŋa used pink in this master work after working with Basil Hall.
Artist Profile:
COMMUNITY/ REGION
Yirrkala, NT
LANGUAGE
Madarrpa
BIOGRAPHY
Ṉoŋgirrŋa Marawili was born on the beach at Darrpirra north of Cape Shield on the oceanside. She was one of the many children of Mundukul the Madarrpa warrior (c.1890-c.1950). Mundukul (Lightning Snake) is also the name of the serpent (also known as Water Python, Burrut’tji), which lives deep beneath the sea here… Continue Reading