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Important Fine Art + Aboriginal Art - 2 December 2015  |  Sydney

Lot 106
Boxer Milner Tjampitjin
(c.1934 – 2009)
PURKITJI, 2006

synthetic polymer paint on linen

178.5 x 80.5 cm



Estimate:
$10,000 – 15,000


Lot sold: $10,980 (inc. BP)


Lot Details

Description

Boxer Milner Tjampitjin
(c.1934 – 2009)
PURKITJI, 2006

synthetic polymer paint on linen

178.5 x 80.5 cm

inscribed verso: artist’s name, size and Warlayirti Artists cat. 258/06

Provenance

Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills, Western Australia
Private collection, New South Wales
Sotheby’s, 7 June 2011, lot 106
Private collection, Melbourne

Catalogue text

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Warlayirti artists which states: ‘Boxer has painted some of his country, found along the middle stretches of Purkitji (Sturt Creek) north of Balgo. Boxer knows all the facets of this country and the seasonal changes that occur to the river each year. Purkitji and its many inter-connecting smaller tributaries are depicted as well as the surrounding country.’