Lot 62: WIMMITJI TJAPANGARTI , CIRCA 1929-2000 KARLINGAWI Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Bears artist's name, size and Warlayirti Artists catalogue number 355/90 together with exhibition label on the reverse Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

120 by 90 cm

Painted at Wirramanu (Balgo Hills) for Warlayirti Artists in 1990
Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
The Sam Barry Collection

This painting is sold with an accompanying certificate from Warlayirti Artists that reads in part: 'Artist's Country. A mother Dingo was here in the Dreamtime with her pups and they are seen in rock formations in the landscape. The mother was called Yatarru and the pups are known collectively as Warltjiri. Many small water sources are also seen as is the desert-oak or "parka-parka". The boomerang and fighting stick of another Dreamtime creature are also seen. The artist lived here as a young man.'