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Artist: Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri | Title: Corkwood Dreaming | Year: 1996 | Medium: acrylic on Belgian linen | Dimensions: 147.5 x 75.5 cm

$22,000.00

PRICE
Price available upon request. Please contact Adrian at adrian@newsteadart.com for details.

PROVENANCE
Aboriginal Gallery of Dreamings, Melbourne (stock no.5667)
Dr Michael & Mrs Patricia Bernard collection, Melbourne
signed, dated and inscribed with Aboriginal Gallery of Dreamings catalogue number verso: CLIFFORD POSSUM/ 1996/ #5667

ARTWORK STORY
Clifford has painted an aspect of the Corkwood Dreaming songline that passes through Anmatjerre land near Napperby in the Tanami Desert region. Corkwood trees are covered in a thick bark which allows them to survive severe fire and regenerate new sprouts from the trunk. It produces nectar when it is in flower and attracts many birds, particularly honey eaters, who favour the sweet and sticky substance.

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COMMUNITY/REGION
Karinyarra -Mt Wedge, Tjuirri -Napperby Station

LANGUAGE
Anmatyerre

BIOGRAPHY
Clifford Possum was the first recognised star of the Western Desert art and one of Australia’s most distinguished painters of the late twentieth century. After his father, Tjatjiti Tjungurrayai, passed away during Clifford’s youth in the 1940s, his mother, Long Rose Nangala, settled at Jay Creek with her second husband, One Pound Jim Tjungurrayai… Continue reading

ARTWORKS Artist: Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri | Title: Corkwood Dreaming | Year: 1996 | Medium: acrylic on Belgian linen | Dimensions: 147.5 x 75.5 cm
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PRICE
Price available upon request. Please contact Adrian at adrian@newsteadart.com for details.

PROVENANCE
Aboriginal Gallery of Dreamings, Melbourne (stock no.5667)
Dr Michael & Mrs Patricia Bernard collection, Melbourne
signed, dated and inscribed with Aboriginal Gallery of Dreamings catalogue number verso: CLIFFORD POSSUM/ 1996/ #5667

ARTWORK STORY
Clifford has painted an aspect of the Corkwood Dreaming songline that passes through Anmatjerre land near Napperby in the Tanami Desert region. Corkwood trees are covered in a thick bark which allows them to survive severe fire and regenerate new sprouts from the trunk. It produces nectar when it is in flower and attracts many birds, particularly honey eaters, who favour the sweet and sticky substance.

Artist Profile

COMMUNITY/REGION
Karinyarra -Mt Wedge, Tjuirri -Napperby Station

LANGUAGE
Anmatyerre

BIOGRAPHY
Clifford Possum was the first recognised star of the Western Desert art and one of Australia’s most distinguished painters of the late twentieth century. After his father, Tjatjiti Tjungurrayai, passed away during Clifford’s youth in the 1940s, his mother, Long Rose Nangala, settled at Jay Creek with her second husband, One Pound Jim Tjungurrayai… Continue reading

ARTWORKS Artist: Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri | Title: Corkwood Dreaming | Year: 1996 | Medium: acrylic on Belgian linen | Dimensions: 147.5 x 75.5 cm

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