| 09-June-2020 Australia Art of the Desert Four Stamps Wesley First Day Cover
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| 09-June-2020 Australia Art of the Desert Four Stamps Wesley First Day Cover (DL Standard) with cachet Art and Desert in the background and affixed with stamps $1.10 The Artist`s Birthplace 1999, NGA by Boxer Milner, Milnga-Milnga; $1.10 Tingarri Mamultjulkulakutu 2001, NGV by Fred Ward Tjungurrayi; $1.10 Untitled 2000, AGNSW by Eubena Nampitjin; $2.20 Kangaroo Dreaming 1971, NGV by Walter Tjampitjinpa and tied pictorial cancel Paint Brush and Paint Dots, Canberra ACT 2601. This issue features works by artists from the Western Desert region. Two were associated with the Wirrimanu (Balgo) community in Western Australia and two with the artists’ cooperative at Papunya Tula, Northern Territory. Boxer Milner (c. 1935–2009) was a senior lawman and custodian of the Purkitjii (Sturt Creek) area. Milnga-Milnga relates to the Sturt Creek flood plain between the Great Sandy Desert and the Tanami Desert. Eubena Nampitjin (c. 1925–2013) was a law woman and artist in the Balgo community. Her art focused on her homelands around Tjintalpa. Walter Tjampitjinpa (c. 1912–81) was a founder of the Papunya art movement. A senior man and ceremonial leader he was custodian of the Water Dreaming that runs through Kalipimpinpa. Fred Ward Tjungurrayi (c. 1948–) was born at Purkitjarra, east of Kiwirrkura in the Western Desert. He painted with Papunya Tula Artists in the 1980s and works with Kayili Artists at Patjarr.
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Item #: INV-134636
Condition FDC
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Pricing in AU$
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Within Australia
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13.75
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Outside Australia
A$ 12.50
(approx. US$8.38)
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