Provenance
Painted at Papunya 1972
Private Collection, Northern Territory
Private Collection, Hong Kong, acquired from the above
Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art, Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 06 October 2010, lot 19
Private Collection, Melbourne
A gift to the vendor from his brother, an aeronautical engineer who was employed at the satellite tracking station near Alice Springs in the1980's. This work was acquired from a Telstra worker who had been previously been employed in the Aboriginal
communities in the 1970s and had acquired works at that time.
Private Collection, Northern Territory
Private Collection, Hong Kong, acquired from the above
Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art, Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 06 October 2010, lot 19
Private Collection, Melbourne
A gift to the vendor from his brother, an aeronautical engineer who was employed at the satellite tracking station near Alice Springs in the1980's. This work was acquired from a Telstra worker who had been previously been employed in the Aboriginal
communities in the 1970s and had acquired works at that time.
Exhibited
Tjukurrtjanu: Origins of Western Desert Art, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne, 30 September 2011 – 12 February 2012
Tjukurrtjanu touring exhibition at Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, 9 October 2012 – 20 January 2013
Significant part I, D'Lan Contemporary, Melbourne, 2 June – 22 July 2023
Literature
Tjukurrtjanu: Origins of Western Desert Art, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne, 2011, p.79 (illus.)
Significant part I 2023, D'Lan Contemporary Pty Ltd, Melbourne, p. 33
Related Works:
Myers, F.R., Painting Culture: The Making of an Aboriginal High Art, Duke University Press, Durham and London 2002, pp. 86- 106 for a detailed analysis of the artist’s (referred to as Yantajari Tjakamarra) early paintings in relation to his exploration of the ritual Tingari cycle.
Significant part I 2023, D'Lan Contemporary Pty Ltd, Melbourne, p. 33
Related Works:
Myers, F.R., Painting Culture: The Making of an Aboriginal High Art, Duke University Press, Durham and London 2002, pp. 86- 106 for a detailed analysis of the artist’s (referred to as Yantajari Tjakamarra) early paintings in relation to his exploration of the ritual Tingari cycle.
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Status
Sold