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Lot 61

GEORGE BUSH TJANGALA (c.1940-1997)
Honey Ants at Ngalu 1980
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
inscribed verso with Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. GB800936 and PT 3001061
120 x 91cm

Estimate $1,000 - $1,500

Sold for $2,400

Good condition overall. Housed in a dark wood frame, overall size 127 x 96cm


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Please note condition reports can be amended during the pre-sale period, so we strongly suggest any interested bidders check the published condition report available on the website before the auction commences. Leonard Joel makes no guarantee of the originality of mechanical or applied components. Absence of reference to such modifications does not imply that a lot is free from modifications.


Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
Aboriginal Arts and Crafts Pty. Ltd., Sydney
The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1981


Dreamtime: Art of the Australian Aborigine, Part I Land and Tradition, California State University, Northridge, California, 12 September – 14 October 1988
Abstract Reality: Australian Dreamtime Art, Modern Museum of Art, Santa Ana, California, 17 January – 16 April 1989
Awake to the Dreamtime: Australian Aboriginal Art, San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego, California, 19 February – 24 May 1993

The Kelton Collection - Indigenous Art at Leonard Joel

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8448
6:00pm - 11 April 2022
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141

VIEWING
Friday 8 - Sunday 10 April, 10am - 4pm
333 Malvern Road, South Yarra VIC

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


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