Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art - 18 May 2011 | Melbourne
Lot 226
Jimmy Baker
(c.1915 - 2010)
KANPIKU TJUKURPA, 2008
synthetic polymer paint on linen
90.0 x 60.0 cm
Estimate:
$4,000 - 6,000
Lot sold: $2,400 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Jimmy Baker
(c.1915 - 2010)
KANPIKU TJUKURPA, 2008
synthetic polymer paint on linen
90.0 x 60.0 cm
inscribed verso: artist’s name, size and Maruku Arts cat. EX373
Provenance
Maruku Arts, Alice Springs
Birrung Gallery, Sydney
Catalogue text
This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Maruku Arts which states in part: 'The Tjukurpa related to Kanpi is to do with the Kalaya or Emy People. Jimmy paints their camp sites, waterholes and traveling tracks. He can describe the Kalaya collecting food such as bush tomato called itunypa but he doesn’t elaborate on their Creation Law.'