Lot 4
Tarrkaji Kunyikarra
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
inscribed verso with artist's name and Mangkaja Arts cat. no. 108/12
87.5 x 89cm
Estimate $2,000 - $4,000
Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency Aboriginal Corporation, Western Australia
Short St. Gallery, Western Australia (accompanied by a copy of the certificate of authenticity)
Private collection, Melbourne
"This painting is my mother's country. When me and my brother were young boys we always be together, playing, going out hunting. Every morning we used to go out looking for black berries, hunting kangaroo, goannas, emus etc."
As stated on the Short St. Gallery certificate of authenticity
© Tommy May Ngarralja/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
333 Malvern Road, South Yarra VIC
CONTACT
Lucy Foster
lucy.foster@leonardjoel.com.au
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