TIM LEURA TJAPALTJARRI

Painted at Papunya in late 1972 or early 1973
Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing

The corners of the board have been rounded and there is small amounts of paint loss, visible zooming in on the image reproduction. The painted surface area appears stable and there are minor scuffs. The board is in good condition consistent with age and use.
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The painting features a similar composition and a number of elements recorded in Geoffrey Bardon's annotated sketch of the painting Euro Story (Example 1), 1972, reproduced in Bardon, G. and J. Bardon, Papunya, A Place Made After the Story: The Beginnings of the Western Desert Painting Movement, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2004, p.198. These include the line of three concentric circles and the tracks of the euro (kangaroo). The design of meandering lines representing creeks, adjacent to which are series of alternating double bars indicating clouds, is related to the Rain or Water Dreaming. The paint has been applied to the coarse, reverse side of a sheet of masonite