Dharpa
2017
Medium
colour etching
Measurements
29.7 × 39.4 cm (image and plate) 39.3 × 53.2 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Linda Herd, 2021
© Estate of Ms N. Yunupiŋu, courtesy of Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
A ceremonial woman and a battler who lived without material possessions, Nyapanyapa Yunupiŋu worked for almost a decade in the print medium before beginning to work on small sheets of bark in 2007. This suite of prints was made after a decade of painting, exposing the collaborative relationship between the two modes of making. The gestural, semi-abstracted depictions of shapes, plant-life and narrative are indicative of Yunupiŋu’s playful approach to making – a bold departure from Gumatj design typologies that had characterised art making in the past.
Artwork Details
Edition
ed. 21/30
Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 21/30
inscribed in pencil l.c.r.: NYaPaNYaPa
Accession Number
2021.678
Department
First Nations Australia