Ronnie Tjampitjinpa, born circa 1943, WATER DREAMING SITE OF KALIPINYPA, NORTH OF SANDY BLIGHT JUNCTION

synthetic polymer paint on linen  
bears artist's name, size and Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number RT2000678 on the reverse  
152.7 BY 183CM  

Provenance: 
Painted at Kintore in 2000 
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
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.43, cat.no.5 
Achille Bonito Oliva et al, Mythology and Reality: Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Desert Art from the Gabrielle Pizzi Collection, Jerusalem, 2003, p.29, cat.no.5 (illus.)

This painting is sold with an accompanying Papunya Tula Artists certificate