Nyuju Stumpy Brown (c.1924 - 2011)

JIRNTIJIRNTI – ON THE CANNING STOCK ROUTE, 2003

synthetic polymer paint on linen

183.0 x 152.0 cm

bears inscription verso: artist’s name and Mangkaja Arts cat. Pc 278/03

Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia
Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney (label attached verso)
Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 2003

Nyuju Stumpy Brown, My Country, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney 12 November – 20 December 2003, cat. 9

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing which states:

‘This is a well on the Canning Stock Route (well 45). There is a wheel there and bullocks are used to draw up the water into drums.’