Illustrated card covers. 2000. In good/very good condition, clean and unmarked, covers not marked or rubbed. Includes 150 full page illustration of art works, history of the artists, map and geography of the Western Desert. The Papunya Tula Art Movement began in 1971 when a school teacher, Geoffrey Bardon, encouraged some of the men to paint a blank school wall. The murals sparked off tremendous interest in the community and soon many men started painting. In 1972 the artists successfully established their own company. The company is entirely owned and directed by traditional Aboriginal people from the Western Desert, predominantly of the Luritja/Pintupi language groups. The company derives its name from Papunya, a settlement 240km north-west of Alice Springs.