Sketchbook
1991
- Medium
- synthetic polymer paint on paper
- Measurements
- (1) 35.4 × 53.9 cm (image) 37.6 × 53.9 cm (sheet)
(2) 34.0 × 48.3 cm irreg. (image) 37.7 × 53.9 cm irreg. (sheet)
(3) 33.0 × 48.7 cm irreg. (image) 37.6 × 53.9 cm irreg. (sheet)
(4) 37.6 × 53.8 cm irreg. (image and sheet)
(5) 35.6 × 50.5 cm (image and sheet)
(6) 37.8 × 54.1 cm (image and sheet)
(7) 31.5 × 47.2 cm (image and sheet)
(8) 34.5 × 50.9 cm (image and sheet)
(9) 37.7 × 54.3 cm (image and sheet)
(10) 37.7 × 51.0 cm (image and sheet)
(11) 36.8 × 53.8 cm (image and sheet)
(12) 36.7 × 50.2 cm (image and sheet)
(13) 35.4 × 47.1 cm (image and sheet)
(14) 29.5 × 45.8 cm irreg. (image and sheet)
(15) 37.7 × 54.1 cm (image and sheet)
(16) 37.7 × 54.0 cm (image and sheet)
(17) 37.7 × 54.0 cm (image and sheet)
(18) 37.7 × 54.0 cm irreg. (image and sheet)
(19) 36.4 × 50.7 cm (image and sheet) - Place/s of Execution
- Ngukurr, Northern Territory
- Inscription
- (1) inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.l.: MAUREEN. T
inscribed in blue fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.l.: MAUREEN THOMPSON
inscribed (vertically) in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.r.: 4 (in a circle)
(2) inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse u.r.: 3 (in a circle)
(3) inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.l.: MAUREEN. T
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.l.: Sacred Site for Women
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse u.r.: 2 (in a circle)
(4) inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse u.r.: 1 (in a circle)
inscribed (inverted) in pencil on reverse l.r.: Maureen Thompson / Billabong with Waterlillys
(5) inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.l.: MAUREEN
inscribed (inverted) in pencil on reverse u.r.: 5 (in a circle)
inscribed (inverted) in ballpoint pen on reverse l.r.: MT/ ‘Mermaid Titie’
(6) inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.l.: MAUREEN T
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse u.r.: 6 (in a circle)
(7) inscribed (inverted) in pencil on reverse u.r.: 7 (in a circle)
(8) inscribed (vertically) in white paint on reverse u.r.: MAUREEN T
inscribed (inverted) in pencil on reverse u.r.: 8 (in a circle)
(9) inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse l.l.: MAUREEN
(10) inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse u.r.: 10 (in a circle)
(11) inscribed (inverted) in pencil on reverse u.r.: 11 (in a circle)
(12) inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse u.r.: Maureen Thompson / Wandarang runner with letterstick white markings / Alawa " " " mauve colour / coming to bring news of ceremonies to old man. / 12 (in a circle)
(13) inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse u.r.: 13 (in a circle)
(14) inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse c.l.: 14 (in a circle)
(15) inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse l.l.: 15 (in a circle)
(16) inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse u.r.: 16 (in a circle)
inscribed (inverted) in blue fibre-tipped pen on reverse l.r.: MAUREEN / 16
(17) inscribed (vertically) in ballpoint pen on reverse u.r.: Sign of death – Black cloud – Mara story (MARWURR)
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse u.r.: 19
inscribed (inverted) in blue fibre-tipped pen on reverse l.c.: MAUREEN T.\
(18) inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse u.l.: 18
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.r.: Maureen Thompson
(19) inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse u.l.: 17
inscribed (inverted) in pencil on reverse l.l.: Two Women in River - Accession Number
- 1996.680.1-19
- Department
- First Nations Australia
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1996 - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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Maureen Thompson’s highly figurative gouche paintings illustrate the artist’s conception of Country and her interest in cool colours. After moving back to Ngukurr in the late 1980s, Thompson began painting by watching Senior Ngukurr artist Willie Gudabi and his wife Moima Willie paint. These works by Thompson showcase the plants and wildlife from Alawa Country and Mara Country, where her mother and father come from respectively. These are important early works from the beginning of the Thompson’s career, which capture the extraordinary vibrancy in her work and her singular way of painting.
