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Lot 60

JOHN MOSQUITO TJAPANGARTI (1922-2004) (Language group: Kukatja)
Pundu 1995
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
75 x 50cm

Estimate $9,000 - $12,000

Unsold


The Artist
Painted at Wirrimanu, Western Australia, 1995
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills, cat. no. 238/95 (accompanied by a copy of the certificate of authenticity)
Sotheby's, Melbourne, The Thompson Marecaux Collection of Balgo Paintings, 20 June 2009, lot 46
The Le Pley Collection, Western Australia, acquired from the above


Cowan, J., Balgo: New Directions, Sydney: Craftsman House, 1999, (illus. detail on the front cover)


"John has painted a picture of the sacred Tingarri initiation journey of the young men"
As stated on the Warlayirti Artists certificate of authenticity

© John Mosquito/Copyright Agency, 2023

The Le Pley Collection of Indigenous Art

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8723
6:00pm - 21 November 2023
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141

VIEWING
Friday 17 - Sunday 19 November, 10am - 4pm
333 Malvern Road, South Yarra VIC

CONTACT
Lucy Foster
lucy.foster@leonardjoel.com.au


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