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Lot #9 - Tjunkiya Napaltjarri

  • Auction House:
    Deutscher and Hackett
  • Sale Name:
    Important Australian Indigenous Art
  • Sale Date:
    22 Mar 2023 ~ 7pm (AEDT)
  • Lot #:
    9
  • Lot Description:
    Tjunkiya Napaltjarri
    (1927 - 2009)
    Women At The Rockhole Site Of Umari, 2004
    synthetic polymer paint on linen
    183.0 x 244.0 cm
    bears inscription verso: artist's name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cat. TN0409116
  • Provenance:
    Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory; Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne; Private collection, Victoria.
  • Notes:
    This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists which states: 'This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole site of Umari, situated in sandhill country east of Mt. Webb in Western Australia. A number of women gathered at the site to perform ceremonies associated with Umari. The women, one of the Nangala kinship subsection and the others of the Napaltjarri kinship subsection, later travelled towards the east. One of the mythologies associated with the area concerns a relationship between a man of the Tjakamarra kinship subsection and a woman of the Nangala kinship subsection. This is a mother-in-law relationship which is forbidden in Western Desert Aboriginal culture.'
  • Estimate:
    A$20,000 - 30,000
  • Realised Price:
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  • Category:
    Art

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