ANATJARI TJAMPITJINPA

Painted at the Pintubi outstation of Yai Yai in December 1976
The Estate of Dr Janet F Bacon, thence by descent

Overall the painting is in good, stable and unrestored condition. There are a few minor scuffs and scratches on the surface and an area near the top right hand corner that appears to have suffered some darkening discolouration. The corners are all scuffed, and the canvas board is mounted directly onto a wooden stretcher.
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This painting is sold with an accompanying Papunya Tula Artists certificate attached to the reverse that reads: "Nuluntja alternatively known as  Lunjuna, is a soakage water site to the west of Alice Springs, well over into the sand-hill and spinifex country of Western Australia. Because the mythology belongs to the secret/sacred men's world no further details are possible. It can only be revealed that  "wati djuta" (literally "man many") gathered here for ceremonies. The yellow background dots indicate that the soakage is situated near a large claypan, the dots indicating the water smoothed base of the "lake".'