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Alan Winderoo Tjakamarra circa 1920-2003 ARTIST'S COUNTRY NEAR LAPPI-LAPPI
Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 AUD
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Description
- Alan Winderoo Tjakamarra
- ARTIST'S COUNTRY NEAR LAPPI-LAPPI
- bears artist's name, size and Warlayirti Artists catalogue number 517/90 on the reverse
- synthetic polymer paint on linen
- 180 BY 120CM
Provenance
Painted at Wirrimanu (Balgo Hills) in 1990
Warlayirti Artists, Wirrimanu (Balgo Hills), Western Australia
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
Private collection, USA
Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 25 July, 2005, lot 95
The Austcorp Group Limited Art Collection
Warlayirti Artists, Wirrimanu (Balgo Hills), Western Australia
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
Private collection, USA
Sotheby's, Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 25 July, 2005, lot 95
The Austcorp Group Limited Art Collection
Condition
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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."
"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 a contemporaneous painting of the same site, see Pillalparu Dreaming, 1990, in James Cowan, Wirrimanu: Aboriginal Art from the Balgo Hills, Sydney: Craftsman House, 1994, p.123, pl.155, illus. For a later painting of the same subject, see Lappi Lappi in the Tanami Desert, 1996, in the Kluge-Ruhe Collection, illustrated in Howard Morphy and M. Smith Boles, Art of the Land: Dialogues of the Kluge-Ruhe Collection of Australian Aboriginal Art, Charlottesville: University of Virginia, 1999, p.189, pl.6.21