Lot 157: MUNGGURRAWUY YUNUPINGU 1907-1979 CEREMONIAL AND SACRED GROUNDS OF THE GUMATJ 1965 139.5 by 58.5 cm Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark Provenance: Acquired by the original owner on a field trip to Yirrkala with Dr. George Chaloupka, curator of

MUNGGURRAWUY YUNUPINGU 1907-1979 CEREMONIAL AND SACRED GROUNDS OF THE GUMATJ 1965 139.5 by 58.5 cm Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark Provenance: Acquired by the original owner on a field trip to Yirrkala with Dr. George Chaloupka, curator of rock art at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. Fine Aboriginal and Contemporary Art, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 17 June 1996, lot No 19 Hogarth Galleries, Sydney Private collection, Sydney Cf. Groger -Warm H., Australian Aboriginal Bark Paintings and their Mythological Interpretation, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra 1973, pp.84-86: Allen, L., Time Before Morning: Art and Myth of the Australian Aborigines, Thomas Y. Cromwell Co., New York, 1975, pp.84- 86: O'Farrell, M., Keepers of the Secrets, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 1990, pp.104-106 The painting describes the ceremonial and sacred grounds of the hilly country behind the Eldo Complex (mining buildings on Gove Peninsula) on the track to Giddy River. It is typical of the artist's style that the work is divided into several panels. The different localities of the country, ceremonial places, burial grounds, etc are indicated by each section.