Saturday, February 27, 2010

Turkey Tolsen Tjupurrula - Bush Potato Country


Turkey Tolsen Tjupurrula (1938-2001) - Bush Potato Country (1979)
Australia 37c Stamp Issued 1988
Turkey Tolson was one of the leading figures of the Papunya Tula art movement in the 1970s in the Western Desert region of the Northern Territory.  This popular style of indigenous art was only recognised by mainstream Australia in the 1970s and beyond.  This is one of four stamps that were issued for Desert Art in 1988. 

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