Lot 46

The work is in overall good condition consistent with age. All markings and textures appear inherent with artist's style, technique and medium and are likely from the time of creation.


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Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory (accompanied by the certificate of authenticity)
Private collection, Adelaide

"This painting depicts designs associated with the travels of an old woman, Kutungka Napanangka, from the west. She travelled from Malparingya, north-west of the Kintore Community and visited the site of Tjintjintjin where there is an underground cave, also the soakage water sites of Ngutan and Yaranga which are all west of Mantati Outstation, approximately seventy kilometers west of the Kintore Community. She then travelled further east to Muruntji, south-west of Mt. Liebig. The lines are the sandhills in the country through which she passed. At Muruntji she was accosted by one of a group of boys so she chased them and caught all but the culprit who managed to escape. She killed the others and cooked them in a fire. She then travelled to Kaltarra where she entered the earth."

As stated on the Papunya Tula Artists certificate of authenticity

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