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CLIFFORD POSSUM TJAPALTJARRI
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 AUD
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Description
- Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
- KERRINYARRA DREAMING
- Synthetic polymer paint on linen
- 137 by 214
Provenance
Painted at Warrandyte, Victoria in 1994
Private collection
Private collection
Condition
The painting is in good condition with no visible repairs or restoration.
"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."
"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
This painting is sold with accompanying photographs of the artist and artwork as well as descriptive notes by Milanka. J. Sullivan. The documentation bears the number CPT/ EJM:94002 and reads as follows: "Through a vibrant display of colour and creative forms, this painting leads the imagination to a sacred women's business camp, known as the Kerrinyarra, which is located in the Central Mount Wedge, in Anmatjerre country, in the Napperby area of Central Australia.
Serving the needs of Napaltjarri and Nungurrayi tribal women, Kerrinyarra came into being during the Dreamtime, at Creation. When a group of Anmatjerre women travelled to this site for food and sacred ceremonies, that were ultimately designed to preserve and pass on the ancestors' laws, or way of life, to their daughters, who since the 'dreaming', have followed their mothers' example, from one generation to another.
Reflecting the idea of the mothers passing on their knowledge to their daughters, the artist shows the tribal women-depicted as U-shapes in pairs around a concentric circle, which represents a symbolic ceremonial ground design, that also doubles as ceremonial body paint, associated to the womens' ceremonies. Which, through ritual song, dance, bodypaint and ground designs, the women enshrined their Dreamtime journey and tribal culture.
A culture which embraces a semi-nomadic way of life of a food hunting and gathering desert society, which finds form through women's digging sticks and footprints, that feature the women collecting wild growing bush food, such as wild berries or Yelka (bush onions), before sitting down at their ground designs, or symbolic sandpaintings. That also lend to waterholes and other particular land features, which in addition show the women's hairstring body belts resting on Kerrinyarra's sacred ground"
Serving the needs of Napaltjarri and Nungurrayi tribal women, Kerrinyarra came into being during the Dreamtime, at Creation. When a group of Anmatjerre women travelled to this site for food and sacred ceremonies, that were ultimately designed to preserve and pass on the ancestors' laws, or way of life, to their daughters, who since the 'dreaming', have followed their mothers' example, from one generation to another.
Reflecting the idea of the mothers passing on their knowledge to their daughters, the artist shows the tribal women-depicted as U-shapes in pairs around a concentric circle, which represents a symbolic ceremonial ground design, that also doubles as ceremonial body paint, associated to the womens' ceremonies. Which, through ritual song, dance, bodypaint and ground designs, the women enshrined their Dreamtime journey and tribal culture.
A culture which embraces a semi-nomadic way of life of a food hunting and gathering desert society, which finds form through women's digging sticks and footprints, that feature the women collecting wild growing bush food, such as wild berries or Yelka (bush onions), before sitting down at their ground designs, or symbolic sandpaintings. That also lend to waterholes and other particular land features, which in addition show the women's hairstring body belts resting on Kerrinyarra's sacred ground"