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Lot 50: ANATJARI TJAKAMARRA , THE TINGARI AT YAWALYURRU 1987

Est: $50,000 AUD - $70,000 AUD
Sotheby'sMelbourne, AustraliaJuly 24, 2007

Item Overview

Description

Bears 'East to West' exhibition name, catalogue number (95), location (Tandanya 1990) and title on the reverse of the stretcher, and Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number AT870668 Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Artist or Maker

Exhibited


East to West: Land in Papunya Tula Painting , curated by John Kean, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, 4 March - 3 June 1990, cat. no.95


Provenance

Painted for Papunya Tula Artists in June 1987
Private collection, Adelaide

Notes

Cf. 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, p.107, and in Caruana, W., Aboriginal Art, World of Art Series, Thames and Hudson, London and New York, 2003, p.122, plate 103, illus.; see also Artist?s country near Kurlkurta, 1988, in the Kluge-Ruhe Collection, University of Virginia, in Morphy, H. and M. Smith Boles (eds.), Art from the Land: Dialogues with the Kluge-Ruhe collection of Australian Aboriginal art, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA, 1999, p.242, plate 8.30 illus

Auction Details

Important Aboriginal Art

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Sotheby's
July 24, 2007, 12:00 PM EST

926 High Street Armadale, Melbourne, ACT, 3143, AU