Dawang

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Primary Artist

Tommy Bung Bung (1964–)

Title

Dawang

Date made

1994

Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in warm black ink, from one stone

Matrix size

54.5 x 40.4 cm (printed image (irregular))

Production notes

'The printing stone was inked with tusche and the artist then carved into the stone (through the tusche) with a small pocket knife using a 'rocking of hand' method. The same technique is used to carve designs onto slate and boab nuts in the Kimberley region'. Franck Gohier 2006

Legacy id

162069

Creators

Bung Bung, Tommy. | (1964–) Aboriginal Australian | Male | artist

NORTHERN TERRITORY UNIVERSITY | Organisation | print workshop

GOHIER, Frank | (1968–) Australian | French | Male | printer

Impressions

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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 2007.473

State

published state

Impression

printer's proof

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