Uta Uta Tjangala, circa 1926-1990, TWO SNAKE ANCESTORS AT LAMPINTJA SOUTHWEST OF KINTORE
Uta Uta Tjangala, circa 1926-1990, TWO SNAKE ANCESTORS AT LAMPINTJA SOUTHWEST OF KINTOREEstimate $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 on the reverse
183 BY 59.5CM
Provenance:
Painted at Kintore in 1987
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs (cat.no.UU870222)
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
Mythology and Reality: Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Desert Art from the Gabrielle Pizzi Collection, Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin. Italy, 29 June-26 August 2001; Aboriginal Art Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 23 February-23 June 2002; Palazzo Vaj, Monash University at Prato, Prato, Italy, 2-30 July 2003; The Jerusalem Centre for the Performing Arts, 21 October-19 December 2003; Heidi Museum of Modern Art, Victoria, 2 October 2004-30 January 2005
Mythology and Reality: Contemporary Aboriginal Art from the Gabrielle Pizzi Collection, Tarrawarra Museum of Art, Tarrawarra, 23 November 2008-15 March 2009
Literature:
Achille Bonito Oliva, Aborigena: Arte australiana contemporanea, Milan: Electa, 2001, p.69, cat.no.53
Achille Bonito Oliva et al, Mythology and Reality: Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Desert Art from the Gabrielle Pizzi Collection, Jerusalem, 2003, p.51, cat.no.44 (illus.)
This painting is sold with an accompanying Papunya Tula Artists certificate