Anatjari Tjampitjinpa, circa 1927-1999, SNAKE DREAMING AT THE SITE OF MINGKAWURLI
Anatjari Tjampitjinpa, circa 1927-1999, SNAKE DREAMING AT THE SITE OF MINGKAWURLIEstimate $15,000 – $20,000
- Lot Sold $15,000 (Hammer Price)
- $18,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
synthetic polymer paint on linen
bears artist's name and Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number AT880709 on the reverse
165 BY 48.5CM
Provenance:
Painted at Kiwirrkurra in 1988
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
Gabrielle Pizzi Collection
Cf. See Untitled, 1986 in Hetti Perkins and Hannah Fink, Papunya Tula: Genesis and Genius, Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2000, p.101 for a work of the same size and a similar design.
This painting is sold with an accompanying Papunya Tula Artists certificate that reads in part: 'The large yellow snake in the centre of the work shows a water snake which lives in the rockhole here. The other two with the white stripes are pythons'.