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Lot 105
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WARLIMPIRRNGA TJAPALTJARRI

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 AUD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Warlimpirringa Tjapaltjarri
  • CLAYPAN SITE OF MARMAR
  • Bears artist's name, size and Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number WT0008100, along with a Gallery Gabrelle Pizzi label on the stretcher
  • Synthetic polymer paint on linen
  • 152.5 by 122 cm

Provenance

Painted at Kiwirrkura in 2000
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
Private collection, USA

Condition

The painting is in good and stable condition with no signs of restoration or repair, and very minor scuffs and scaratches to the periphery of the canvas and a small hole on the edge of the top left corner
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Catalogue Note

Cf. Perkins, H. and H. Fink (eds), Papunya Tula: Genesis and Genius, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2000, p.102, illus.

Warlimpirrnga is a member of the small family group who first made contact with Europeanised Australia when they went to the Pintupi community of Kiwirrkura in 1984 where their relatives lived. Prior to that, they had no contact with European Australians although they knew of their presence. Previously, Warlimpirrnga and his family had been living west of Lake Mackay. He commenced painting for Papunya Tula Artists in 1987 and in the following year he had his first solo exhibition at Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi in Melbourne. All eleven paintings in the exhibition were acquired by Nellie Castan and her late husband Ron who donated the entire group to the National Gallery of Victoria.

This painting is sold with an accompanying Papunya Tula Artists certificate that states that the painting depicts designs associated with the large claypan site of Marmar, south of Lake Mackay