Item - Thoowark
| ID | UNSW PR 2011/1044 (121366) |
| Artist | Peter NEWRY (1939 - ) |
| Title | Thoowark |
| Alternate Titles | (part of the Waringarri Suite) |
| Category | |
| Medium | colour etching |
| Materials | coloured inks, paper support |
| Edition Number | 34/50 |
| Measurements (cms) | |
| Height | 25.00 |
| Width | 25.00 |
| Depth | 0.00 |
| Other | 0.00 |
| Marks/Inscriptions | |
| Location | initials and thumb print lower right beneath image; embossed studio stamp in lower right corner of support |
| Signed | initialled in pencil: PN |
| Produced | |
| When | 2008 |
| Where | Australia, NT, Darwin, Northern Editions Printmaking Studio |
| Style | Abstract |
| Subject | Landmap |
| Credit Line | |
| Description/Remarks | Image depicts four amorphous shapes in dark brown ink, placed off-centre, and irregularly outlined with cream-coloured dots, against an orange ground. From Waringarri Aboriginal Arts - "Print Description: This is my mother's country past Kildirk area. These hills are called Thoowark. This is the place for spearheads. The stones here are already sharp for the spear." |
| Exhibition History | Kimberley Ink: the Waringarri Suite and selected new etchings Northern Editions Gallery, Darwin; and thence University of Wollongong; Heritage House Cultural Centre, South Perth (16/08/2008 - 00/04/2009) Prints Charming: introducing The Waringarri Suite Booker-Lowe Gallery, Houston Texas, USA (21/01/2011 - 18/03/2011) |
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