Lot 105
Wati Kutjara (Two Men)
synthetic polymer paint on linen
inscribed verso with Irrunytju Arts cat. no. IRRES102507
125 x 206cm
Estimate $4,000 - $6,000
Irrunytju Arts Centre, Alice Springs (accompanied by a certificate of authenticity)
Private collection, Melbourne
"The Wati Kutjara (two water snakes men) a father and son camped at Pukara near Manjatjara. The father left the son at a rockhole to grow up. The people there were cruel to him, mocking him because he looked strange and telling him to go away. The father was angry and came back to get his son. When the son was a man he went back and killed everyone at the rockhole and ate them all. Only one person escaped. The snake slithered away to a rockhole but he was too full and vomited blood, fat and hair. The one who escaped speared the snake and he split open."
As stated on the Irrunytju Arts Centre certificate of authenticity
© Eileen Yaritja Stevens/Copyright Agency, 2023
Indigenous Art
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8694
6:00pm - 28 August 2023
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
VIEWING
Friday 25 - Sunday 27 August, 10am - 4pm
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CONTACT
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