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Lot 55

MUNTJA NUNGURRAYI (c.1930-1997) (Language group: Kukatja)
Seven Sisters Dreaming at Punkapinyi 1994
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
inscribed verso with artist's name and Warlayirti Artists cat. no. 58/94
90 x 60cm

Estimate $2,000 - $4,000

Sold for $2,800


Warlayirti Artists, Western Australia (accompanied by a copy of a certificate of authenticity)
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 17 June 1996, lot 170
The Kelton Collection, United States of America


"This painting is part of the Tjukurrpa (Dreamtime) Seven Sisters Song Cycles. It is from the Dreaming country of Muntja, her aunty and her mother-in-law.

Many women were travelling along the Canning Stock Route. They are always on the lookout to see which way to go. There is one old Tjakammara man watching and following them. When the women were asleep he grabbed one of the sisters and took her underground."
As stated on the Warlayirti Artists certificate of authenticity

Indigenous Art

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8694
6:00pm - 28 August 2023
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141

VIEWING
Friday 25 - Sunday 27 August, 10am - 4pm
333 Malvern Road, South Yarra VIC

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


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