Old Walter Tjampitjinpa (circa 1912-1980)
Untitled (Water Dreaming at Kalipinypa)
bears Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number OW730621 on the reverse
synthetic polymer paint on plywood
61 x 46cm (24 x 18 1/8in).
bears Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number OW730621 on the reverse
synthetic polymer paint on plywood
61 x 46cm (24 x 18 1/8in).
Estimate:
AU$ 7,000 - 10,000
US$ 6,800 - 9,700
£4,500 - 6,400
US$ 6,800 - 9,700
£4,500 - 6,400
Footnotes
- PROVENANCE:
Painted in June, 1973
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
Purchased by a local school teacher between 1973-1975
Private collection
Cf. For a number of related examples depicting the same subject matter see Geoffrey Bardon and James Bardon, Papunya, A Place Made After the Story: The Beginnings of the Western Desert Painting Movement, Melbourne: The Miegunyah Press, 2004, paintings 88-93, pp.182-184.
This painting is sold with accompanying notes from Richard Kimber describing the iconography in the work
Category: Fine Art / Aboriginal Art
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