Lot 85
Untitled 1998
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
inscribed verso with artist's name and Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. WN981122
91 x 46cm
Estimate $2,000 - $4,000
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs (accompanied by the certificate of authenticity)
Kozminsky Gallery, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne
"The painting depicts designs associated with the travels of a group of women from the rockhole site of Watanuma, north-west of the Kintore Community. The women passed through the rockhole site of Umari and continued east to Pinari, north-west of Kintore. The 'U' shapes represent the women and the oblong shapes are the digging sticks. During their travels they gathered the small black seed known as mungilypa or samphire from the small fleshy sub-shrub Tecticornia verrucosa. This seed is ground into a paste which is cooked in the coals to form a type of unleavened bread."
As stated on the Papunya Tula Artists certificate of authenticity
© Wintjiya Napaltjarri/Copyright Agency, 2025
Fine Art
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8773
6:00pm - 18 March 2025
Hawthorn
VIEWING
Fri 14 - Sun 16 Mar, 10am - 4pm
2 Oxley Rd, Hawthorn VIC
Lot 9, George Baldessin's Emblems will be on view by appointment only, at the following location.
Meridian Sculpture
8 Spring St, Fitzroy, VIC 3065
CONTACT
Wiebke Brix
wiebke.brix@leonardjoel.com.au
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