ROCKHOLES NEAR OLGAS, 2007

Modern + Contemporary Art
Melbourne
13 June 2018
39

BILL WHISKEY TJAPALTJARRI

(c.1920 – 2008)
ROCKHOLES NEAR OLGAS, 2007

synthetic polymer paint on linen

135.0 x 180.0 cm

bears inscription verso: artist’s name, title, size and Watiyawanu Artists cat. 0307370

Estimate: 
$30,000 – 40,000
Provenance

Watiyawanu Artists of Amunturrungu, Mt Liebig, Northern Territory
Japingka-Gallery, Fremantle
Private collection, Perth

Catalogue text

Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri lived and worked in Mt Liebig/Haasts Bluff, Northern Territory
language group: Pitjantjatjara

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 Masterpieces from the Western Desert, Peta OʼBrien Contemporary Art, COSA, London
2008 Desert Mob, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
2007 Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri, John Gordon Gallery, Queensland
2007 Desert Mob, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
2006 Desert Mob, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
2006 Colliding Worlds, National Aboriginal Art and Cultural Institute – Tandaya, Adelaide
2006 Finalist, 23rd National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
2005 Finalist, 22nd National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin

SELECTED LITERATURE
McGregor, K., and Zimmer, J.,Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri, Macmillan Publishers, Melbourne, 2009

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA