SEVEN SISTERS, 2011
© Sylvia Kantjupai Ken/Copyright Agency, 2021
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SYLVIA KANTJUPAI KEN
born 1965
SEVEN SISTERS, 2011
synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen
197.0 x 198.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name and Tjala Arts cat. 430– 11
Estimate:
$ 8,000 – 12,000
Sold for $22,091 (inc. BP) in Auction 63 - 17 March 2021, Melbourne
Provenance
Tjala Arts, Amata, South Australia
Marshall Arts, Adelaide
Private collection, Melbourne
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tjala Arts, Amata which states in part: ‘Sylvia has painted the Seven Sisters Story. This is a Tjukurpa Story (Creation Story) about the constellation of Pleiades and Orion. The sisters are the constellation of Pleiades and the other star Orion is said to be Nyiru or Nyirunya (described as a bad or lusty man). Nyiru is forever chasing the sisters know as the Kunkarunkara women as it is said he wants to marry the oldest sister.’