Context (CMS Context)
Flying foxes were among the animals hunted by Tiwi as part of daily subsistence. An evocation of a particular location - Muranapi is the southernmost point of Melville, the larger of the two Tiwi islands.
Event Date 12/8/2013
Author: Remke van der Velden

Context (CMS Context)
Drawn on the plate by the Murray (1966-) from Tiwi, Australia and printed in an edition of 30, plus proofs, by APW Senior Printer Martin King at APW, Melbourne, 2000.
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 Janice Murray, titled 'Flying Fox and Bamboo at Muranapi', 2000. Edition number 8/30. Original limited edition work on paper, signed by the artist. Etching printed in one colour, from one copper plate. Condition: Good.
Event Date 12/8/2013
Author: maa