Lot 28: PADDY TJAMATJI (JAMPIN) CIRCA 1912-1996 TAWURR THE KANGAROO AT KANMANTURR 1987 60 by 59.5 cm Natural earth pigments and natural binder (bush gum) on plywood Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist at Warmun (Turkey Creek), Western Australia

PADDY TJAMATJI (JAMPIN) CIRCA 1912-1996 TAWURR THE KANGAROO AT KANMANTURR 1987 60 by 59.5 cm Natural earth pigments and natural binder (bush gum) on plywood Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist at Warmun (Turkey Creek), Western Australia Private collection Adelaide Cf. Akerman K., 'The Art of the Kurirr-Kurirr Ceremony', in Taylor L.(ed) Painting the Land Story, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, 1999, pp.14-32 pl.9 Another version of this painting is in the collection of the National Museum of Australia, Canberra. Kim Akerman writes with regard to this work: 'This is the image of Tawurr the kangaroo ancestor as it appears on the cave wall at Kanmanturr ( Elgee Cliffs), on Bedford Downs station. The kangaroo is described as "half-one" because the bottom part of the rock painting has eroded away. The power of the kangaroo is still in this place. Nearby are the spirits of Aboriginal people killed long ago by white people. In Kurirr-Kurirr the two travelling spirits see where the bodies where burned, and they compose a song about the people who where massacred, ' (ibid, p.30). This painting is sold with a colour photocopy of an original photograph of the artist and Rover Thomas standing alongside this painting.