Paddy Sims 90th birthday celebration folio, 2007 / Paddy Japaljarri Sims.

PXE 1704

fonds

2007

Graphic Materials, Prints, Textual Records

1001579

1 portfolio (4 prints, 4 printed sheets)

Each of the four etchings relate to the traditional practices associated with burning off areas of spinifex country. This Dreaming is also specifically associated with hunting Liwirringki (burrowing skinks) and is celebrated with a corroborree, on the same ground burnt by the fire.
Reference: Library correspondence file

Folio, folding buckram portfolio containing four original etchings by Paddy Sims (1917-2010). Published in Darwin by Basil Hall Editions, 2007. Each print is numbered 18 of 40 copies, and signed with the artist's pencil mark. The prints are untitled and accompanied by four signed certificates of authentication from the Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Association with descriptive text of the imagery.

: Life of creator plus 70 years
In copyright: Paddy Japaljarri Sims, administered by Warlukurlangu Artists
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