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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian Aboriginal Art
• Sale Date:
  17 Mar 2021 ~ 7pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  44
• Lot Description:
  Sylvia Kantjupai Ken
  (born 1965)
  Seven Sisters, 2011
  synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen
  197.0 x 198.0 cm
  bears inscription verso: artist’s name and Tjala Arts cat. 430– 11
• Provenance:
  Tjala Arts, Amata, South Australia; Marshall Arts, Adelaide; Private collection, Melbourne.
• Notes:
  This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tjala Arts, Amata which states in part: ‘Sylvia has painted the Seven Sisters Story. This is a Tjukurpa Story (Creation Story) about the constellation of Pleiades and Orion. The sisters are the constellation of Pleiades and the other star Orion is said to be Nyiru or Nyirunya (described as a bad or lusty man). Nyiru is forever chasing the sisters know as the Kunkarunkara women as it is said he wants to marry the oldest sister.’
• Estimate:
  A$8,000 - 12,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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