Part 2: Important Aboriginal Art - 28 November 2012 | Melbourne
Lot 134
Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi
(c.1928 - 1998)
WIRRPI (NEAR LAKE MACDONALD), 1997
synthetic polymer paint on linen
152.5 x 122.0 cm
Estimate:
$18,000 - 25,000
Lot sold: $14,400 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi
(c.1928 - 1998)
WIRRPI (NEAR LAKE MACDONALD), 1997
synthetic polymer paint on linen
152.5 x 122.0 cm
inscribed verso: artist's name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cat. YY970854
Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
Private collection
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 24 June 2002, lot 198
Private collection, United States of America
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists which states: 'This painting depicts designs associated with the site of Wirrpi on the southern side of Lake Macdonald. In mythological times, a large group of Tingari men came to this site from the south. They went underground at Wirrpi where they remained living.'