Ronnie Tjampitjinpa, born circa 1943, WILD POTATO DREAMING AT MUYINGA, WEST OF KINTORE
Ronnie Tjampitjinpa, born circa 1943, WILD POTATO DREAMING AT MUYINGA, WEST OF KINTOREEstimate $40,000 – $60,000
- Lot Sold $40,000 (Hammer Price)
- $48,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
synthetic polymer paint on linen
bears artist's name, size and Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number RT900938 on the reverse 151.5 BY 182CM
Provenance:
Painted at Red Bank in 1990
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
Gabrielle Pizzi Collection
Exhibited:
Aborigena: Arte australiana contemporanea, Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin, 29 June-26 August 2001
Desert Art, Aboriginal Art Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2002
This painting is sold with an accompanying Papunya Tula Artists certificate that reads: 'In this striking very abstract design the artist depicts the subject of the bush potato at a site known as Muyinga to the west of Kintore. It is at this site that male ancestors of the artist have also gathered having travelled from Kampurarrpa. Due to Muyinga being a well known site for secret-sacred men's ceremonies no further information was revealed'.