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The Anthony & Beverly Knight Collection of Early Papunya Art | Important Aboriginal & Oceanic Art
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PROPERTY FROM THE ANTHONY & BEVERLY KNIGHT COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri
circa 1928-1998

CEREMONIAL MEDICINE STORY (1971)

Estimate $35,000 – $55,000

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PROPERTY FROM THE ANTHONY & BEVERLY KNIGHT COLLECTION, MELBOURNE

Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri

circa 1928-1998
CEREMONIAL MEDICINE STORY (1971)

natural earth pigments and bondcrete on composition board
40 X 20CM

  • Lot Sold $46,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $56,120 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Painted at Papunya, Northern Territory
Stuart Art Centre, Alice Springs (stock 10016)
Important Aboriginal Art, Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 29 June 1998, lot 1, illustrated
The Anthony & Beverly Knight Collection, Melbourne

Exhibited

Tjukurrtjanu: Origins of Western Desert Art, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Federation Square, Melbourne, 30 September 2011 - 12 February 2012

Literature

Geoffrey Bardon and James Bardon, Papunya: A Place Made After the Story: The Beginnings of the Western Desert Movement, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne 2004, p. 295 (illustrated) Judith Ryan and Philip Batty, Tjukurrtjanu: Origins of Western Desert Art, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2011, p. 300 Judith Ryan and Philip Batty, Aux Sources de la Peinture: Aborigene, Musee du quai Branly, Paris, 2012

CONTACT INFORMATION +

D’Lan Davidson

Head

Aboriginal Art
Melbourne
T: +61 (0)3 9509 2900
E: D’Lan Davidson

Geoffrey Smith

Chairman

Aboriginal Art
Melbourne | Sydney
T: +61 (0)3 9509 2900 |
+61 (0)2 9362 1000
E: Geoffrey Smith

Fiona Hayward

Senior Specialist

Aboriginal Art
Melbourne
T: +61 (0)3 9509 2900
E: Fiona Hayward

Dr David Hansen

Senior Researcher | Specialist

Aboriginal Art
Melbourne
T: +61 (0)3 9509 2900
E: Dr David Hansen

Brett Ballard

Specialist

Aboriginal Art
Sydney
T: +61 (0)2 9362 1000
E: Brett Ballard

Harley Young

Facilities & Operations Manager |
Executive Assistant to Chairman

Aboriginal Art
Melbourne
T: +61 (0)3 9509 2900
E: Harley Young

The Anthony & Beverly Knight Collection of Early Papunya Art | Important Aboriginal & Oceanic Art

AU0777  |  28 May 2013  |  Melbourne
6:30 PM


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