Pythons and Waterlilies
George Milpurrurru, Ganalbingu / Australian, 1934 - 1998
Ganalbingu
Ramingining
Central Arnhem Land
Northern Territory
Australia
about 1988
Bark Painting, Natural ochres on stringybark
Overall: 20 1/16 × 10 13/16 in. (51 × 27.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Will Owen and Harvey Wagner
2009.92.102
Geography
Place Made: Australia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Provenance
Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art, Lot 538, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; sold to Will Owen (1952-2015) and Harvey Wagner (1931-2017), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, July 2004; given to present collection, 2009.
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