TINGARI MEN TRAVELLING AT WAPINTYA, 1986

Important Fine Art + Aboriginal Art
Sydney
2 December 2015
190

YALA YALA GIBBS TJUNGURRAYI

(c.1928 – 1998)
TINGARI MEN TRAVELLING AT WAPINTYA, 1986

synthetic polymer paint on linen

121.0 x 122.0 cm

inscribed verso: artist's name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cat. YY860390

Estimate: 
$5,000 – 7,000
Sold for $5,490 (inc. BP) in Auction 41 - 2 December 2015, Sydney
Provenance

Painted at Kintore for Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
Private collection, New South Wales
Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 24 July 2007, lot 48
Private collection, Melbourne

Catalogue text

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists which states: ‘In mythological times the Wayuta (Possum) Dreaming travelled to the site of Wapintja, south-west of the Kintore Community. This site is also associated with the travels of the Tingari Men therefore events associated with the site are of a secret nature.’