Awelye, Bush Melon, and Bush Melon Seed Dreaming
Minnie Pwerle, Anmatyerre / Alyawarr / Australian, about 1915 - 2006
Ahalpere (Utopia)
Central Desert
Northern Territory
Australia
2000
Acrylic on linen
Overall: 47 1/4 × 35 7/16 in. (120 × 90 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Will Owen and Harvey Wagner
2009.92.225
Geography
Place Made: Australia, Oceania
Period
21st century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
On view
Exhibition History
Immersive Worlds: Real and Imagined, Churchill P. Lathrop Gallery, William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 13-December 15, 2024.
Provenance
Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia (Certificate of Authenticity); sold to Will Owen (1952-2015) and Harvey Wagner (1931-2017), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2000; given to present collection, 2009.
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