Context (CMS Context)
Kantilla (c. 1926-2003), Tiwi, Australia was a major Tiwi artist who began making sculpture in the 1970s before embracing bark painting and then printmaking from the mid 1990s on.
This work, and most of Kantilla's works, feature the geometric designs painted on pukumani poles, the famous Tiwi commemorative sculptures, and on the body during the pukumani ceremonies that mark the burial of the dead. [Taken from the application to the Renew scheme in the case for acquisition]
Event Date 12/8/2013
Author: Remke van der Velden

Context (CMS Context)
Drawn on plate by the artist on Melville Island and printed in an edition of 30 plus proofs, by APW Senior Printer Martin king at APW, Melbourne, 1999. This work was reproduced on cover of the exhibition room brochure publication: 'Arukulunga Wunitaka Thelma' (Big Wind Thelma) published by Australian Print Workshop, 1999. It also appeared in the publication - to accompany her major retrospective: 'Kitty Kantilla' (page 40) published by the National Gallery of Victoria, 2007.
Event Date 12/8/2013
Author: Remke van der Velden

Context (CMS Context)
Presented by The Art Fund and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. An acquisition project to build a collection of modern and contemporary work on paper from Australia, Canada and South Africa was undertaken over 2011-13 with the support of a grant under The Art Fund's RENEW programme. The collection was developed with the expert advice and generous assistance of Annie Coombes and Norman Vorano in relation to South African and Inuit artists respectively. Khadija Carroll, Anita Herle and Diana Wood Conroy also contributed to the selection process. Obtained from Australian Print Workshop, 210 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy, Victoria, 3065, Australia. Acquired on 30 July 2013. Arrived on 8/8/2013.
Event Date 12/8/2013
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Etching, by Kitty Kantilla untitled, edition 1/30. Original limited edition work on paper, signed by the artist. Etching, lift-ground aquatint, printed in one colour, from copper plate. Condition: Good.
Event Date 12/8/2013
Author: maa

Conservation (Assessment Only)
CON.2017.3700 | Assessment Only
Event Date 23/1/2017
Author: Rachel Howie

Loan (Exhibition)
Musée d'ethnographie de Genève, 01/04/2017 to 31/01/2018, The Arts of Aboriginal Australia (provisional title)
Event Date 1/4/2017
Author: Remke Velden