Pijaju Peter Skipper (c.1929-2007)

Jila Japirnka, 1987

Bears artist’s signature, date and Dreamings, The Art of Aboriginal Australia exhibition catalogue number 66 on the reverse

Synthetic polymer paint on linen
183 x 122cm 

Provenance:
Painted in Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia in 1987
Commissioned by Duncan Kentish
Duncan Kentish Fine Art, Adelaide
Private Collection of the late Duncan Kentish, Adelaide

Exhibited: 
Dreamings. The Art of Aboriginal Australia, The Asia society Galleries, New York, 6 October – 31 December 1988, further tours to Chicago, USA; lowa,USA; Melbourne, Australia and the South Australian Museum, Australia, 10 February – 16 April 1990 

Literature: 
Peter Sutton (ed.), Dreamings. The Art of Aboriginal Australia, Melbourne: Viking, New York: Asia Society Galleries, 1988, pp.100-101 & 227, p.100 (illus.). 
Kay Larson, ‘Their Brilliant Careers’, in New York Magazine, 24 October, 1990, pp. 148- 150, p. 148 (illus.).