WATI WANAMPO KUTJARA, 2009
© reproduced with the permission of VISCOPY Ltd
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MARINGKA BAKER
born c.1952
WATI WANAMPO KUTJARA, 2009
synthetic polymer paint on linen
126.5 x 123.0 cm
signed verso: MARingKA BAKer
bears inscription verso: artist's name, title, date and Tjungu Palya Artists cat. TPMB09028
Estimate:
$8,000 – 12,000
Sold for $12,200 (inc. BP) in Auction 52 - 29 November 2017, Melbourne
Provenance
Tjungu Palya Artists, Nyapari, South Australia
Chapman Gallery, Canberra
Private collection, Melbourne
Catalogue text
This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tjungu Palya Arts that states: ‘Wati Kutjara Tjukurpa (the creation story for the two serpent men). The two wanampi, father and his son travel from rockhole to rockhole in country around Wingellina. The two men travelled from Pukara to Kuru Ala and Nyumu. After the rains the desert goes from red to really green. There is grass everywhere. The two men are happy in their country.’