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NYUJU STUMPY BROWN (c.1924 - 2011) JIRNTIJIRNTI - ON THE CANNING STOCK ROUTE, 2003 synthetic polymer paint on linen 183.0 x 152.0 cm bears inscription verso: artist’s name and Mangkaja Arts cat. Pc 278/03 PROVENANCE Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney (label attached verso) Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 2003 EXHIBITED Nyuju Stumpy Brown, My Country, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney 12 November – 20 December 2003, cat. 9 This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing which states: ‘This is a well on the Canning Stock Route (well 45). There is a wheel there and bullocks are used to draw up the water into drums.’ © Nyuju Stumpy Brown/Copyright Agency 2023 This work is located in our Sydney Gallery This work is in excellent, stable and near original condition. On very close inspection there are two light, scuffs on the surface:a diagonal line near the centre right, approximately 14cm length.a vertical line in the lower centre area, near the base of the work, approximately 5cm length.These very light surface scuffs are old and barely discernible.