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LENA YARINKURA (BORN 1948)
Yawkyawk 2008

natural earth pigments on pandanus fibre, paperbark and feathers
Maningrida Arts & Culture cat no: 930-08
177cm high, 52cm wide, 25cm deep (variable)

PROVENANCE
Maningrida Arts and Culture, NT (accompanied by a certificate of authenticity)
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne

EXHIBITED
unDisclosed: 2nd National Indigenous Art Triennial, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 11 May-22 Jul 2012, (illustrated pg 133) (loaned by present owner to the NGA - accompanied by loan documentation and exhibition catalogue)

LITERATURE
Nicole Bittar, Art, for art's sake: The true value of art lies in its individual appeal, The Age, A2, 12 July 2008, (illustrated)

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