Waltjanya 2008
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
inscribed verso with artist's name and Tjungu Palya cat. no. 08/342
115 x 101cm
Estimate $4,000 - $6,000
Tjungu Palya, South Australia (accompanied by the certificate of authenticity)
Private collection, Melbourne
"Apu wiuld (all the rocky country) Kunamata ila (close to Kunamata, south of Nyapari community). Tjukurpa tjuta, Tjukinpa kiuipu (this place has an important creation story). Nyii Nyii Tjukurpa (the creation story of the Zebra finch people). Ngayuku ugura (this is my country). I know the song for this story, this country. I'm looking after this place."
As stated on the Tjungu Palya certificate of authenticity
© Ginger Wikilyiri/Copyright Agency, 2026
Fine Art
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8822
6:00pm - 6 October 2026
Hawthorn
VIEWING
Friday 2 - Sunday 4 October, 11am - 5pm, 2 Oxley Rd, Hawthorn
CONTACT
Wiebke Brix
wiebke.brix@leonardjoel.com.au
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