Lot 4

Work in very good condition. Light wear showing around the corner edges. Work is stretched however unframed. (LEONARD JOEL DELIVERY SIZE MEDIUM)


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Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Alice Springs, Northern Territory (accompanied by a certificate of authenticity)
Private collection, Alice Springs

"This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole site of Wirrulnga, just to the east of the Kiwirrkura community in Western Australia. This site is associated with a Kampurarrpa (desert raisin) Dreaming and the rocky outcrop at Wirrulnga is said to have been formed from mounds of the kampurarrpa berries.
During mythological times a group of women camped at Wirrulnga, while they performed the dances and sang the songs associated with the area. They also gathered the kampurarrpa berries which grow on the small shrub Solanum Centrale, before travelling north west to the site of Wilkinkarra (Lake MacKay). The rows of parallel lines in the painting represent the sandhills which surround the site of Wirrulnga."- Papunya Tula Artists

Yakari was the widow of Simon Tjakamarra who painted for Papunya Tula Artists from the late 1970s until his death in 1990. She lived and painted in the Kiwirrkura community, travelling often to Kintore and well as Punmu and Jigalong in Western Australia. She completed her first paintings for Papunya Tula Artists in 1996.