Roads Cross : The Paintings of Rover Thomas

Rover Thomas et al

Published by National gallery of Australia, 1994. ISBN 0642130213.

About this Item

"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Card covers (pbk), quarto, 64pp,colour illustrated. Very light wear to card edges, top right front free corner creased (approx 2cm), else very good. The exhibition Roads Cross focuses on the art of Rover Thomas, drawn from the National Gallery of Australia permanent collection. Rover Thomas spent most of his working life as a stockman in the eastern Kimberley. He began painting on a regular basis in 1981. The catalogue is set out to address three themes: the first sets the scene in the east Kimberley and includes painitngs which deal with some of the spiritual and historical aspects of that landscape; the second part Rover Thomas describes the getting of the Krill Krill; and the third part tells the story of three massacres of Aboriginal people.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Roads Cross : The Paintings of Rover Thomas
• Publisher: National gallery of Australia, 1994. ISBN 0642130213.
• Binding: Soft cover