Icons of the Desert: Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya
Ithaca, New York: Cornell University, 2009. Hardcover. Color-illustrated boards with yellow and white lettering; 176 pp. with 50 color plates and numerous additional figures; with supplement in back pocket. VG (rubbing to corners; spine ends & edges rubbed.). Item #113989
ISBN: 9781934260067
The art of Papunya has a continuity with mark-making, song cycles, and storytelling that precedes the invention of cuneiform writing in the Fertile Crescent or hieroglyphics in Egypt. The men who made these paintings adapted their art to changing conditions, reasserting the oldest continuous culture in the world. A stunning look at this aboriginal art of the Western Desert of Australia.
OCLC: 301783426
Price: $45.00