CAVE HILL, 2013
119
HELEN CURTIS
born 1973
CAVE HILL, 2013
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
150.0 x 120.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, date and Tjungu Palya Artists cat. 13259
Estimate:
$1,800 – 2,500
Sold for $2,684 (inc. BP) in Auction 43 - 25 May 2016, Melbourne
Provenance
Tjungu Palya Artists, Nyapari, South Australia
Outstation Gallery, Darwin
The McKay Superannuation Fund Art Collection, Brisbane
Catalogue text
This work is accompanied by a certificate from Tjungu Palya Artists which states: ‘This is kapi tjukula (the deep rockholes) and karu (the creek lines) in my country Cave Hill. This is a sacred place for the Seven Sisters Dreaming. Minyma tjuta (the sisters) are sitting inside the cave, hiding from the cheeky man, Wati Nyiru. This country is form my father.’