TINKU ROCKHOLE, 1990
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EUBENA NAMPITJIN
(1920 – 2013)
TINKU ROCKHOLE, 1990
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
91.0 x 60.5 cm
inscribed verso: artist’s name, size and Warlayirti Artists cat. 477/90
Estimate:
$4,000 – 6,000
Sold for $4,636 (inc. BP) in Auction 41 - 2 December 2015, Sydney
Provenance
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills, Western Australia
Dreamtime Gallery, Perth
Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 1991
Catalogue text
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Warlayirti Artists which states: ‘Artist’s Country. A series of waterholes is seen lying in lower ground. Surrounding are some rocky ridges that have ‘wanari’ or gum-trees on them. The ridges are believed to be the paths of Tingarri beings in the Dream-time. This is where the artist lived when she was younger and she says that there were many foods to be found amongst the sandhills.’