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Papunya : a place made after the story : the beginnings of the Western Desert painting movement

by Geoffrey Bardon, James Bardon

A firsthand account of the origins of the contemporary art movement in desert Australia, documenting the artists and works that emerged from the Papunyah settlement from 1971.

Accession 1403 ISBN 052285110X Publisher The Miegunyah Press
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