PILTATI TJUKURPA, 2010
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TIGER PALPATJA
(1920 – 2014)
PILTATI TJUKURPA, 2010
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
150.0 x 124.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist's name, date, community, and Tjungu Palya Artists cat. TPTP10316
Estimate:
$4,000 – 6,000
Sold for $7,564 (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: ‘This is the true story of those two women from Piltati. They were digging for a big kuniya (carpet python) that was really wati kutjara (two men). While the men were underground they were painting. The women kept digging and hit the kuniya with their wana (digging stick) then the wanampi rose from the hole and ate the women.’