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b. 1909 - d. 1987

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      • OLD TUTUMA TJAPANGATI, EAGLE DREAMING, C.1975
        Jun. 06, 2023

        OLD TUTUMA TJAPANGATI, EAGLE DREAMING, C.1975

        Est: $6,000 - $8,000

        OLD TUTUMA TJAPANGATI (c.1909 - 1987) EAGLE DREAMING, c.1975 synthetic polymer paint on composition board 122.0 x 93.0 cm PROVENANCE Billy Marshall-Stoneking, collected when he lived and worked at Papunya in the late 1970s Private collection, Sydney Joel Fine Art, Melbourne, 3 June 2008, lot 161 Private collection, Melbourne Bonhams, Sydney, 6 June 2017, lot 68 Private collection, Sydney LITERATURE Stourton, P. C.,  Songlines and Dreamings: Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Painting, Lund Humphries, London, 1996, p. 161, pl. 169 (illus.) © Old Tutuma Tjapangati/Copyright Agency 2023 This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery This work is in very good, stable and near original condition. There are minor surface abrasions to the extreme right edge and the top left and bottom right corner edges. The work is housed in a natural timber box frame.

        Deutscher and Hackett
      • OLD TUTUMA TJAPANGATI, MUSHROOM AND KANGAROO DREAMING, C.1975
        Jun. 06, 2023

        OLD TUTUMA TJAPANGATI, MUSHROOM AND KANGAROO DREAMING, C.1975

        Est: $6,000 - $8,000

        OLD TUTUMA TJAPANGATI (c.1909 - 1987) MUSHROOM AND KANGAROO DREAMING, c.1975 synthetic polymer paint on composition board 122.0 x 91.0 cm PROVENANCE Billy Marshall-Stoneking, collected when he lived and worked at Papunya in the late 1970s Private collection, Sydney Joel Fine Art, Melbourne, 3 June 2008, lot 160 Private collection, Melbourne Bonhams, Sydney, 6 June 2017, lot 67 Private collection, Sydney LITERATURE Stourton, P.C.,  Songlines and Dreamings: Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Painting, Lund Humphries, London, 1996, p. 160, pl. 168 (illus.) © Old Tutuma Tjapangati/Copyright Agency 2023 This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery This work is in excellent, stable, and original condition. The work is housed in a natural timber box frame.

        Deutscher and Hackett
      • Old Tutuma Tjapangati - Hunting for Mingi (Marsupial Mouse), 1973
        Jun. 08, 2021

        Old Tutuma Tjapangati - Hunting for Mingi (Marsupial Mouse), 1973

        Est: $30,000 - $40,000

        Cooee Art Indigenous Fine Art Auction "Eager to begin translating his Dreamings onto board right from the inception of the community at Papunya, Old Tutuma Tjapangati became one of the original Papunya Tula artists to work with Geoff Bardon in the early 1970s. Dick Kimber recalled him as a remarkable, hard-as-nails senior man, still known as Tutuma rather than Old Tutuma when he first met him in 1974. He was an important ceremonial elder and was one of the first Pintupi to own a camel, which he used to travel his homelands near Lake McDonald. Tutuma's traditional country included key sites in the vicinity of Docker River, in the far Southwest of the Northern Territory and North in the NT-WA border country. This painting depicts a site called Wira-Wira, which lies north of Jupiter Well. Three camp sites linked by a travelling line run through the centre of the work. On either side, the artist has painted the footprints made by a man and his child. On the right, a creek runs between three waterholes. On the left, four linked women's campsites are shown. The tracks of other men are seen wandering throughout the surrounding country. This work was originally purchased by a journalist with the Melbourne Herald in 1973 at Papunya, while accompanying the Federal Education Minister Kim Beazley Sr. on a tour of remote settlements and schools throughout the Northern Territory. " Contact Cooee Art for more information on this Aboriginal artwork.

        Cooee Art
      • Old Tutuma Tjapangati - Untitled (Tingari Design), 1977
        Oct. 20, 2020

        Old Tutuma Tjapangati - Untitled (Tingari Design), 1977

        Est: $35,000 - $45,000

        Eager to begin translating his Dreamings onto board right from the inception of the community at Papunya, Old Tutuma Tjapangati was one of the original Papunya Tula artists in the early 1970s. His work was first recorded in the second consignment of paintings to the Stuart Art Centre, attesting to his having been one of the first artists to work with Bardon. Dick Kimber recalled him as a remarkable hard-as-nails senior man, still known as Tutuma rather than Old Tutuma, when he first met him in 1974. He was an important ceremonial elder and was one of the first Pintupi to own a camel, which he used to travel his homelands near Lake McDonald. Tutuma's traditional country included key sites in the vicinity of Docker River, in the far south west of the Northern Territory and north in the NT-WA border country. This pair of paintings are associated with the Tingari. The various sets of concentric circles refer to camps of men involved in ritual business. It is likely that the smaller sets of circles indicate the more minor camps as men prepare for ceremonies, whilst the larger circles indicate that they all came together from time to time to perform the very strict men-only ceremonies. The linking bar lines indicate that all of the men were united in one purpose, meeting to discuss and plan the ceremonies, then travelling in associated groups over the Tingari landscape.

        Cooee Art
      • OLD TUTUMA TJAPANGATI, (c.1909 – 1987), KANGAROOS AT KARRKILYNGA (LAKE HOPKINS), c.1974, synthetic polymer paint on cement sheet
        Mar. 18, 2020

        OLD TUTUMA TJAPANGATI, (c.1909 – 1987), KANGAROOS AT KARRKILYNGA (LAKE HOPKINS), c.1974, synthetic polymer paint on cement sheet

        Est: $6,000 - $8,000

        OLD TUTUMA TJAPANGATI (c.1909 – 1987) KANGAROOS AT KARRKILYNGA (LAKE HOPKINS), c.1974 synthetic polymer paint on cement sheet SIGNED: bears inscription verso: Site: Karrkilynga / at Lake Hopkins in W.A. / Three Kangaroos at tucker / a fire comes but the escaped / to the south (Pitjantjatjarra [sic] country) DIMENSIONS: 62.5 x 54.0 cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, Victoria, acquired directly from the artist in 1974:

        Deutscher and Hackett
      • OLD TUTUMA TJAPANGATI, (c.1909 – 1987), TJUKULA TINGARI DREAMING, c.1975, synthetic polymer paint on composition board
        Nov. 28, 2018

        OLD TUTUMA TJAPANGATI, (c.1909 – 1987), TJUKULA TINGARI DREAMING, c.1975, synthetic polymer paint on composition board

        Est: $5,000 - $7,000

        OLD TUTUMA TJAPANGATI, (c.1909 – 1987), TJUKULA TINGARI DREAMING, c.1975, synthetic polymer paint on composition board SIGNED: bears inscription on label attached verso: artist’s name, title, date, medium and size DIMENSIONS: 62.0 x 49.0 cm PROVENANCE: Billy Marshall-Stoneking, collected when he lived and worked at Papunya in the late 1970s Private collection, Sydney Cromwell's, Sydney, 21 October 2003, lot 123 (as ‘Untitled’) Private collection, Melbourne Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 28 November 2012, lot 165 (as ‘Tingari at Tjukula’) Private collection, Melbourne LITERATURE: Stourton, P.C., Songlines and Dreamings: Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Painting, Lund Humphries, London, 1996, pl. 176, p. 164 (illus.)

        Deutscher and Hackett
      • OLD TUTUMA TJAPANGARTI CIRCA 1915-1987 UNTITLED 1971 54.5 by 25 cm Synthetic polymer paint on artboard Bears artist's name and Stuart Art Centre consignment number on label (distressed) on reverse of frame Provenance: Consignment 2, Painting number
        Jul. 26, 2004

        OLD TUTUMA TJAPANGARTI CIRCA 1915-1987 UNTITLED 1971 54.5 by 25 cm Synthetic polymer paint on artboard Bears artist's name and Stuart Art Centre consignment number on label (distressed) on reverse of frame Provenance: Consignment 2, Painting number

        Est: $8,000 - $12,000

        OLD TUTUMA TJAPANGARTI CIRCA 1915-1987 UNTITLED 1971 54.5 by 25 cm Synthetic polymer paint on artboard Bears artist's name and Stuart Art Centre consignment number on label (distressed) on reverse of frame Provenance: Consignment 2, Painting number 50 to the Stuart Art Centre, Alice Springs Collection of Colin Jack Hinton Sotheby's Important Aboriginal Art, 26 June 1997, lot 226 Private collection, Victoria Old Tutama Tjapangati's work is first recorded in the second consignment of paintings to the Stuart Art Centre, making this painting possibly his first and certainly one from the first group of works by the artist. R.G Kimber writes with regard to the artist and this painting: 'The artist was a remarkable hard-as-nails senior man, still known as Tutuma rather than Old Tutuma, when I first met him in c.1974. His traditional country included key sites in the vicinity of Docker River, in the far south west of the Northern Territory and north in the general Northern Territory - Western Australian border country. Although sometimes identified as a Ptjantjatjarra man, he was considered a Winanpa (effectively southern Pintupi) kinsman by a number of other senior men who lived at Papunya in the 1970s. The painting is almost certainly of Tingari association, with the various sets of concentric circles referring to camps of men involved in ritual business. Assuming this interpretation to be correct, the smaller sets of circles indicate the more minor camps as men prepare for ceremonies, whilst the larger circles indicate that they all came together from time to time to perform the very strict men-only ceremonies. The linking bar lines indicate that all of the men were united in one purpose, meeting to discuss and plan the ceremonies, then travelling in associated groups over the Tingari landscape.'

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