Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art - 6 October 2010 | Melbourne
Lot 159
Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula
(c.1918 - 2001)
(i)WOMAN STORY (ii) EMU STORY (iii) UNTITLED
synthetic polymer paint on canvas on board
61.0 x 45.0 cm each
Estimate:
$7,000-10,000 (3)
Lot sold: $7,200 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula
(c.1918 - 2001)
(i)WOMAN STORY (ii) EMU STORY (iii) UNTITLED
synthetic polymer paint on canvas on board
61.0 x 45.0 cm each
(i) and (ii) bear inscription verso: artist's name, title
Provenance
A gift to the vendor from his brother, an aeronautical engineer who was employed in the 1980s at the satellite tracking station near Alice Springs. This work was acquired from a Telstra worker who had been previously employed in the Aboriginal communities in the 1970s and had acquired works at that time.
Private collection, Hong Kong