Mehi River Camp
Primary Artist
Lawrence Leslie (1952–2011)
Title
Other titles
Mahi River Camp
Date made
1995
Place made
Australia, Australia, Northern Territory, central Arnhem Land, Ramingining View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in black ink, from one block
Matrix size
29.0 x 21.0 cm (printed image)
Support
paper
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
6304
Accession number
95.982
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 3, 1995/96 (1995-12-13)
Provenance
Acquired from Lawrence Leslie at Ramingining, Central Arnhem Land where Lawrence was working as supervisoer of the print workshop at Bula'bula Arts.
Credit line
Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Fund
Country of context
Australia
Notes
"Mehi River means Deep Springs. The river was the tucker for us. it was beautiful growing up on that river. The colours are related to my country. The trees are there and this is the mission where I grew up, and thee is Mt. Kamputar which you could see from the mission.I'm really proud of the print, and it brings back a lot of good memories" Artsits statement on Mehi River Camp print in ORIGINS print folio on same subject.
Creators
Leslie, Lawrence. | (1952–2011) Aboriginal Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
11 Jan 2013