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Works from the K.D.H. Ainsworth Collection - 26 March 2014  |  Melbourne

Lot 16
Willy Tjungurrayi
born c.1930
TALI, 2004

synthetic polymer paint on linen

181.5 x 211.0 cm



Estimate:
$20,000 - 30,000


Private sale


Lot Details

Description

Willy Tjungurrayi
born c.1930
TALI, 2004

synthetic polymer paint on linen

181.5 x 211.0 cm

inscribed verso: artist's name and Yanda Aboriginal Art cat. WT200410

Provenance

Yanda Aboriginal Art, Alice Springs (stamped verso)
Suzanne O'Connell, Queensland, acquired 2004
The K.D.H. Ainsworth Collection, Queensland

Catalogue text

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Yanda Aboriginal Art which states: 'This design represents the most dominant geographical features of the Western Deserts (Great Sandy Desert, Gibson Desert, Little Sandy Desert) being the east/west parallel sand dunes which can run unbroken for hundreds of kilometres and in places attaining heights of 30 metres.'