PERENTIE (LIZARD), 1980

Important Australian Indigenous Art
Melbourne
22 March 2023
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TIM LEURA TJAPALTJARRI

(c.1929 - 1984)
PERENTIE (LIZARD), 1980

synthetic polymer paint on carved wood

94.0 x 14.0 x 9.0 cm

Estimate: 
$8,000 – $10,000
Sold for $6,136 (inc. BP) in Auction 73 - 22 March 2023, Melbourne
Provenance

Purchased by the artist Tim Johnson, directly from the artist while working for Papunya Tula Artists in 1981
Tim and Vivien Johnson collection, Sydney
Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited

Papunya Painting: Out of the Desert, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, 28 November 2007 – 3 February 2008

Literature

Johnson, V., Papunya Painting: Out of the Desert, National Museum of Australia Press, Canberra, 2007, p. 130 (illus.)