Lot 410: ANATJARI TJAKAMARRA CIRCA 1930-1992 ORIGINS OF SOAKAGES 1973 92 by 22.5 cm Synthetic polymer paint on composition board Bears Papunya Tula Artist's catalogue number A730808 on the reverse Provenance: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs Private

ANATJARI TJAKAMARRA CIRCA 1930-1992 ORIGINS OF SOAKAGES 1973 92 by 22.5 cm Synthetic polymer paint on composition board Bears Papunya Tula Artist's catalogue number A730808 on the reverse Provenance: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs Private collection, Victoria Sotheby's Fine Australian, Aboriginal and International Paintings, Melbourne, 22-23 November 1999, Lot 478 Private collection, Melbourne This painting is sold with an accompanying Papunya Tula Artists card with a hand drawn annotated diagram that reads as follows: 'The sand hills are shown small, the soak large. This reflects their importance to the Pintupi econom (sic). The story tells of how the soaks came about. It is a man's story. The bullroarers warn women away.'