Important Aboriginal Art - 26 March 2014 | Melbourne
synthetic polymer paint on linen
188.0 x 155.0 cm
Lot Details
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Willy Tjungurrayi
synthetic polymer paint on linen
188.0 x 155.0 cm
inscribed verso: 'Willie Tjungurrayi' [sic]
Utopia Art, Sydney (label attached verso)
Private collection, Sydney
Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 14 October 2009, lot 105
Private collection, New South Wales
Papunya - Works From The 1980s, Utopia Art, Sydney, 18 August - 8 September 2001
This painting was originally purchased at a fundraising auction 1981, and although it does not have a Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd consignment number, it has been verified by Papunya Tula that the work was originally commissioned by them. The painting was sold with a letter of verification from Utopia Art Sydney together with the original field notes in the hand of Andrew Crocker, the then co-ordinator for Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd.