Aboriginal Art

Aboriginal Art

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Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri

Watukarrinya (Two Kangaroo Dreaming)

Auction Closed

May 23, 09:01 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri 

circa 1926-1998


Watukarrinya (Two Kangaroo Dreaming), 1987

Bears Papunya Tula catalogue number MN871234 on the reverse

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

71 ⅝ in x 47 ⅞ in (182 cm x 121.5 cm)

Painted at Kintore for Papunya Tula Artists, December 1987

Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne

Estate of Eve Norton McGlashan, acquired from the above

This painting is sold with the Papunya Tula documentation and reads:


"The Two Kangaroo Dreaming at the site of Watukarrinya, to the south­ east of the Kintore Community, is depicted in this painting. The roundel is a rockhole at the site. The straight lines are a windbreak and the rectangular shapes show where the kangaroos slept. Because of the secret nature of the ceremonies associated with this site, the artist did not give any further detail."


Cf. For detailed analysis and several illustrations of related paintings depicting the artists Kangaroo Dreaming see Alec B O' Halloran, The Master of Marnpi, Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri, Pintupi man and award-winning Papunya Tula Artist, Sydney, 2018 pp. 181-187



Image Credits


Mick Namarari; Paul Sweeney