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Gan'yu (Stars)

Gulumbu Yunupingu
Gan'yu (Stars)
 2011

Medium
earth pigments on Stringybark (Eucalyptus sp.)

Measurements
112.0 × 35.5 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased NGV Foundation, 2013
© The Estate of Gulumbu Yunupingu, courtesy of Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Yirrkala, Northern Territory

Inscription
inscribed (vertically) in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.c.: 4065F / 07/11

Accession Number
2013.951

Department
First Nations Australia

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