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GAWIRRIN GUMANA, born 1935, DHALWANU, c.2001, natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark SIGNED: signed verso: Gawirriny / Gangan bears inscription verso: artist’s name, Buku-Larrngay Mulka Arts cat. 2039X (sic) and cat. 060/GAN DIMENSIONS: 157.0 x 102.0 cm PROVENANCE: Buku-Larrngay Mulka Arts, Yirrkala The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney, acquired from the above in February 2002 EXHIBITED: Telstra presents The 18th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award 2001, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 15 September 2001 – 6 January 2002, cat. 5 (illus. in exhibition catalogue) LITERATURE: Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australia’s Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 2008, p. 304 (illus.) ESSAY: This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Buku-Larrngay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala