Lot 123: KENNY WILLIAMS TJAMPITJINPA BORN CIRCA 1950

TWO KUNIYA (PYTHONS) AT KARRILWARRA 2001

MEASUREMENTS

183 by 152 cm

Bears artist's name, size and Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number KW0104046 on the reverse
Synthetic polymer paint on linen

PROVENANCE
Painted at Kintore in April 2001 Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs Private collection, Adelaide Cf. For a similar example see 'Two snake Ancestors Dreaming at Karrilwarra', in Perkins, H. and H. Fink (eds), Papunya Tula: Genesis and Genius, Art Gallery of New South Wales in association with Papunya Tula Artists, Sydney, 2000, p. 156, illus,; and for a painting by the artist of the same size, style that was the winner of the 2001 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, acquired by the Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory see Art Centre; Aboriginal Art and Culture in Central Australia issue 2, 2001 p.5, illus. and cover illustration This painting is sold with a copy of the above magazine together with an accompanying Papunya Tula Artists certifcate that reads in part: 'In mythological times two Kuniya (pythons), a male and a female, came from the east to Karrilwarra, a rockhole and soakage water site, north-west of the Kiwirrkura community. They later travelled south-west to Wiluna. The snakes tracks are represented by the lines in the painting'