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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Australian Indigenous & Oceanic Art
• Sale Date:
  21 Jul 2015 ~ 6.30pm
• Lot #:
  96
• Lot Description:
  Walangkura (Napanangka)
  (circa 1946-2014)
  Sandhills and Rockholes of the Malparingya Area (2003)
  synthetic polymer paint on linen
  bears Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. WN0303041 verso
  183 x 153 cm
• Provenance:
  Papunya Tula Artists, Northern Territory; Gabrielle Pizzi Gallery, Melbourne; Private Contemporary Collection, Melbourne
• Notes:
  This painting is sold with a Papunya Tula Artist certificate which reads: "The lines in this painting depict the sandhills in the area through which an old women, Kutungka Napanangka, passed during her travels from the west. The circles are rockholes. She travelled from Malparingya, north-west of the Kintore Community and visited the site of Tjintjintjin where there is an underground cave, also the soakage water sites of Ngatanga and Yaranga which are all west of Mantati Outstation, which is approximately seventy kilometers west of Kintore Community. She then travelled further east to Mutuntji, south west of Mt. Liebig. A Muruntji she was accosted by one of a group of boys so she chased them and caught all but the culprit who managed to escape. She killed the others and cooked them in a fire. She then travelled to Kaltarra where she entered the earth."
• Estimate:
  A$12,000 - 18,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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