Lot 531: MUNGGURRAWUY YUNUPINGU 1907-1979 THE COMING OF FIRE C.1970 156 by 49cm Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark Provenance: Painted in the Yirrkala area, North East Arnhem Land Private collection, Canberra Cf. Groger-Wurm, H., Australian Aboriginal

MUNGGURRAWUY YUNUPINGU 1907-1979 THE COMING OF FIRE C.1970 156 by 49cm Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark Provenance: Painted in the Yirrkala area, North East Arnhem Land Private collection, Canberra Cf. Groger-Wurm, H., Australian Aboriginal Bark Paintings and their Mythological Interpretations, Vol. I: Eastern Arnhem Land, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra, 1973, pp.84, 85 for an illustration, annotated diagram and an expansive description of the subject matter of a related painting depicting the Gumaidj Nara ground in Biranybirany. O'Ferrall, M., Keepers of the Secrets, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 1990, pp.106, 107 for another depiction of the story, entitled The Great Bush Fire, formerly in the collection of Louis Allen.