| Warlugulong | |
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| Artist | Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri |
| Year | 1977 |
| Medium | Acrylic paint on canvas |
| Dimensions | 202.0 cm × 337.5 cm (79.5 in × 132.9 in) |
| Location | National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Warlugulong is a 1977 acrylic on canvas painting by Indigenous Australian artist Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri.[notes 1] Owned for many years by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the work was sold by art dealer Hank Ebes on 24 July 2007, setting a record price for a contemporary Indigenous Australian art work bought at auction when it was purchased by the National Gallery of Australia for A$2.4 million. The painting illustrates the story of an ancestral being called Lungkata, together with eight other dreamings associated with localities about which Clifford Possum had traditional knowledge. It exemplifies a distinctive painting style developed by Papunya Tula artists in the 1970s, and blends representation of landscape with ceremonial iconography. Art critic Benjamin Genocchio describes it as "a work of real national significance [and] one of the most important 20th-century Australian paintings".[3]
- ^ "Kinship and skin names". People and culture. Central Land Council. Archived from the original on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
- ^ De Brabander, Dallas (1994). "Sections". In David Horton (ed.). Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia. Vol. 2. Canberra, ACT: Aboriginal Studies Press for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. p. 977. ISBN 978-0-85575-234-7.
- ^ Genocchio, Benjamin (19 July 2008). "Buyer beware". The Age. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
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