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MICK NAMARARI TJAPALTJARRI
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 AUD
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Description
- Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri
- KANGAROOS SLEEPING, GRASS IN THE ROCKS
- Bears artist's name 'Mick Jab' (sic) and catalogue number 19123 A and inscribedin Peter Fannin's hand 'Kangaroo's Sleeping: Grass in the Rocks - MN' on the reverse.
- Synthetic polymer powder paint on composition board
- 57.5 by 54.5 cm (irregular)
Provenance
Painted at Papunya in September - October 1972
Margaret Carnegie, Melbourne
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
Sir James and Lady Cruthers Collection, Perth
Margaret Carnegie, Melbourne
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
Sir James and Lady Cruthers Collection, Perth
Condition
The general pigments appear in good and stable condition, there are no signs of repair or restoration. There are five drips of black paint which are most probably contemporaneous with the paintings execution and there are minor scuffing to the corners, edges and to the surface.
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"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Cf. For contemporaneous paintings featuring similar compositional structures dominated by the large U-shapes, often representing figures in ritual, sitting back to back, see Men's Ceremonial Story, 1972, in Bardon, G. and J. Bardon, Papunya, A Place Made After the Story: The Beginnings of the Western Desert Painting Movement, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2004, p.416, painting 380; Bush Tucker Story, 1972, in the collection of the Queensland Art Gallery, and Untitled, 1972, in Perkins, H. and H. Fink (eds.), Papunya Tula: Genesis and Genius, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2000, pp.38-9 respectively; and Ngyuman, 1972, in the collection of the Flinders University Art Museum, in Mellor, D. and V. Megaw (eds.), Twenty-Five Years and Beyond: Papunya Tula Painting, Flinders University Press, Adelaide, 1999, p.26, pl.8, illus. Sacred caves, 1973, in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, The Peter Fannin Collection of Early Western Desert Paintings, for a work with a similar composition