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  • Tommy Lowry Tjapaltjarri, (c.1935 - 1987), Coolamon
    Jun. 22, 2023

    Tommy Lowry Tjapaltjarri, (c.1935 - 1987), Coolamon

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    Tommy Lowry Tjapaltjarri (c.1935 - 1987) Coolamon natural earth pigments on carved beanwood Field collected at Papunya in the late 1970s, Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art Auction, 29 June 1998, Melbourne, Lot 19, acquired from the above in 1998, Richard Kelton Collection, Santa Monica; Exhibited: "G'Day LA" Australia Week, in partnership with the Australian Consulate Los Angeles, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA, 15-25 January 2004, ‘Dreaming in Color: Aboriginal Art from Balgo', The Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA. 29 April - 12 August 2007.

    Abell Auction
  • TOMMY LOWRY TJAPALTJARRI, (c.1935 – 1987), WOMAN'S DREAMING, 1972, synthetic polymer powder paint on board
    Oct. 19, 2016

    TOMMY LOWRY TJAPALTJARRI, (c.1935 – 1987), WOMAN'S DREAMING, 1972, synthetic polymer powder paint on board

    Est: $30,000 - $40,000

    TOMMY LOWRY TJAPALTJARRI, (c.1935 – 1987), WOMAN'S DREAMING, 1972, synthetic polymer powder paint on board SIGNED: bears inscription verso: 14008 DIMENSIONS: 46.5 x 65.0 cm PROVENANCE: Painted at Papunya in 1972 Stuart Art Centre, Alice Springs (label attached verso, consignment 14, painting 8) Private collection Sotheby's, Melbourne, 30 June 1997, lot 211 Private collection, Sydney Sotheby's, Melbourne, 31 July 2006, lot 78 The Luczo Family Collection, USA LITERATURE: Bardon, G., and Bardon, J., Papunya, A Place Made After the Story: The Beginnings of the Western Desert Painting Movement, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2004, painting 317, p. 367 (illus.) together with illustration of the original field notes and diagram by Geoffrey Bardon ESSAY: Originally a carver of wooden objects, Tommy Lowry Tjapaltjarri joined the first group of painters at Papunya in 1971 when Geoffrey Bardon encouraged the senior men to paint in European materials – thus leading to the formation of the cooperative Papunya Tula Artists. The main subject of Tjapaltjarri’s paintings are the Tingari ancestors, particularly in the guise of two Great Snakes in his customary lands country around Patjarr in the Gibson Desert in Western Australia – one of the most remote locations in the continent. Lowry’s early paintings refer to ceremony and the associated objects – for example, his earliest recorded painting from 1971, Three Corroboree Poles, in the Wilkerson Collection depicts ceremonial poles.1 Dating from the same period, Woman's Dreaming, 1972, depicts a ceremonial scene featuring eight decorated dancing boards that are carried by women in the ritual. The central roundel represents a waterhole from which rivulets stream to other ritual camps, while several red roundels represent campfires, indicating that this was a large ceremonial gathering.2 The women are symbolised by U-shapes adjacent to their coolamon that lie in front of them. WALLY CARUANA 1. See inBenjamin, R and Weislogel, A.C. (eds.), Icons of the Desert: Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, New York, 2009, p. 80 2. Bardon, G. and Bardon, J., Papunya, A Place Made After the Story: The Beginnings of the Western Desert Painting Movement, TheMiegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2004, p. 367

    Deutscher and Hackett
  • Thomas Tjapaltjarri - Tingari Dreaming (2011) 150 x 89cm
    Apr. 17, 2014

    Thomas Tjapaltjarri - Tingari Dreaming (2011) 150 x 89cm

    Est: $1,400 - $1,800

    Thomas Tjapaltjarri Tingari Dreaming (2011) acrylic on linen (unstretched) 150 x 89cm blue door gallery certificate of authenticity

    Lawsons
  • THOMAS TJAPALTJARRI "Tingari" Acrylic on canvas
    Apr. 06, 2014

    THOMAS TJAPALTJARRI "Tingari" Acrylic on canvas

    Est: $1,200 - $2,000

    THOMAS TJAPALTJARRI "Tingari" Acrylic on canvas Comes with Certificate of Authenticity GALLERY VALUE AROUND $4,000 Painted 2013 Artwork is ready to hang 63cm x 205cm

    Ozbid Auctions
  • Tommy Lowry Tjapaltjarri circa 1926-1987 UNTITLED (CIRCA 1982) synthetic polymer paint on composition board
    Oct. 18, 2011

    Tommy Lowry Tjapaltjarri circa 1926-1987 UNTITLED (CIRCA 1982) synthetic polymer paint on composition board

    Est: $5,000 - $7,000

    Tommy Lowry Tjapaltjarri circa 1926-1987 UNTITLED (CIRCA 1982) synthetic polymer paint on composition board 101.5 X 76CM PROVENANCE Acquired directly from the artist at Docker River, Western Australia Private Collection, Adelaide

    Smith & Singer
  • Tommy Lowry Tjapaltjarri circa 1935-1987 OLD MAN STORY synthetic polymer paint and natural earth pigments on composition board
    Jul. 20, 2009

    Tommy Lowry Tjapaltjarri circa 1935-1987 OLD MAN STORY synthetic polymer paint and natural earth pigments on composition board

    Est: $10,000 - $15,000

    bears the number 44, date (26.9.72) and Stuart Art Centre consignment number 19071 on the reverse synthetic polymer paint and natural earth pigments on composition board

    Sotheby's
  • TOMMY LOWRY TJAPALTJARRI , UNTITLED - CEREMONIAL DESIGN 1971
    Jul. 24, 2007

    TOMMY LOWRY TJAPALTJARRI , UNTITLED - CEREMONIAL DESIGN 1971

    Est: $5,000 - $7,000

    Bears an artist's name 'John Jagamarra' (incorrect) and language Pintupi, in Geoff Bardon's hand on the reverse Synthetic polymer paint on composition board

    Sotheby's
  • TOMMY LOWRY TJAPALTJARRI , TWO MEN DREAMING AT KULUNTJARRANYA 1984
    Jul. 24, 2007

    TOMMY LOWRY TJAPALTJARRI , TWO MEN DREAMING AT KULUNTJARRANYA 1984

    Est: $400,000 - $600,000

    Bears '#64', the title, date and artist's name on label on backing on the reverse Synthetic polymer paint on linen

    Sotheby's
  • TOMMY LOWRY TJAPALTJARRI CIRCA 1935-1987
    Jul. 31, 2006

    TOMMY LOWRY TJAPALTJARRI CIRCA 1935-1987

    Est: $40,000 - $60,000

    WOMAN'S DREAMING 1972 MEASUREMENTS 65 by 46 cm Bears Stuart Art Centre consignment number 14008 in felt pen together with attached Stuart Art Centre label on the reverse Synthetic polymer powder paint and PVA on composition board PROVENANCE Painted at Papunya in March-April 1972 Painting number 8, consigment 14 to the Stuart Art Centre, Alice Springs Sotheby's Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 30 June, 1997, lot 211 Private collection, Sydney LITERATURE Bardon, G. and J. Bardon, Papunya, A Place Made After the Story: The Beginnings of the Western Desert Painting Movement, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2004, for an illustration of the original field notes and diagram by Geoffrey Bardon; p.367, painting number 317, illus. Cf. For other paintings by the artist see 'Untitled', 1971, in 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, illus. p.12; and Crocker, A. (ed.), Mr Sandman Bring Me a Dream, Aboriginal Artists Agency and Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, 1981, pp.42-43 Tommy Lowry lived at Docker River and was not a regular painter for Papunya Tula Artists. Geoffrey Bardon describes him as a 'colourful and raw 'personality' (Bardon and Bardon, 2004, p.367), attributes which according to Crocker (1981, p.42) lend 'his work a naïve quality and a certain freshness.' The painting depicts a large ceremonial scene undertaken by women who are depicted as the U-shapes beside their oval-shaped dancing boards. The central roundel is a waterhole from which emanate five streams of water running to sets of ceremonial camps. The red concentric circles indicate camp fires. The artist was also known as Tommy Tichiwan Tjapaltjarri No. IV

    Sotheby's
  • TOMMY LOWRY TJAPALTJARRI CIRCA 1935-1987 OLD MAN STORY 1972
    Jul. 25, 2005

    TOMMY LOWRY TJAPALTJARRI CIRCA 1935-1987 OLD MAN STORY 1972

    Est: $20,000 - $30,000

    Synthetic polymer paint and natural earth pigments on composition board Provenance

    Sotheby's
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