Lot 48: YALA YALA GIBBS TJUNGURRAYI , EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH TINGARI MEN TRAVELLING AT WAPINTYA (WAYUTA-POSSUM DREAMING) 1986

Name: YALA YALA GIBBS TJUNGURRAYI , EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH TINGARI MEN TRAVELLING AT WAPINTYA (WAYUTA-POSSUM DREAMING) 1986
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: nzo37dbejk

Est: $7,000 AUD - $10,000 AUDSold:

Sotheby'sMelbourne, AustraliaJuly 24, 2007

Item Overview

Description

Bears Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number YY860390 on the reverse Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Dimensions

121 by 121 cm

Artist or Maker

Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi

Provenance

Painted at Kintore in 1986 for Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
Sotheby's, Contemporary and Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 18 June 1995, lot 346
Private collection, Sydney

Notes

This painting is sold with an accompanying Papunya Tula Artists certificate that reads in part: 'In mythological times the Wayuta (Possum) Dreaming travelled to the site of Wapintya, south-west of the Kintore Community.'

Auction Details

Important Aboriginal Art

Sotheby's

July 24, 2007, 12:00 PM EST

926 High Street Armadale, Melbourne, ACT, 3143, AU

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