MALA (ROCK WALLABY) STORY, c.1973
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TIM LEURA TJAPALTJARRI
(c.1929 - 1984)
MALA (ROCK WALLABY) STORY, c.1973
synthetic polymer paint on composition board
30.0 x 56.5 cm
Estimate:
$8,000 - $12,000
Provenance
Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 24 July 2007, lot 251
Private collection, Sydney
Related works
Bardon, G., and Bardon, J., Papunya, A Place made after the Story: The Beginnings of the Western Desert Painting Movement, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2004, p. 198, Euro Story (Example I) 1972, which features a similar composition and number of elements including the line of three concentric circles and the tracks of the euro (kangaroo). The design of fluid lines representing creeks, along with a series of alternating double bars indicating clouds, also relate to the Rain or Water Dreaming.