Lot 50
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ANATJARI TJAKAMARRA

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 AUD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Anatjari Tjakamarra
  • THE TINGARI AT YAWALYURRU 1987
  • Bears 'East to West' exhibition name, catalogue number (95), location (Tandanya 1990) and title on the reverse of the stretcher, and Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number AT870668

  • Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Provenance

Painted for Papunya Tula Artists in June 1987
Private collection, Adelaide

Exhibited

East to West: Land in Papunya Tula Painting, curated by John Kean, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, 4 March - 3 June 1990, cat. no.95

Condition

The painting is in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

Cf. Perkins, H. and H. Fink (eds), Papunya Tula: Genesis and Genius, Art Gallery of New South Wales in association with Papunya Tula Artists, Sydney, 2000, p.107, and in Caruana, W., Aboriginal Art, World of Art Series, Thames and Hudson, London and New York, 2003, p.122, plate 103, illus.; see also Artist's country near Kurlkurta, 1988, in the Kluge-Ruhe Collection, University of Virginia, in Morphy, H. and M. Smith Boles (eds.), Art from the Land: Dialogues with the Kluge-Ruhe collection of Australian Aboriginal art, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA, 1999, p.242, plate 8.30 illus