Important Aboriginal Works of Art - 25 May 2016 | Melbourne
Lot 119
Helen Curtis
born 1973
CAVE HILL, 2013
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
150.0 x 120.0 cm
Estimate:
$1,800 – 2,500
Lot sold: $2,684 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Helen Curtis
born 1973
CAVE HILL, 2013
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
150.0 x 120.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist’s name, date and Tjungu Palya Artists cat. 13259
Provenance
Tjungu Palya Artists, Nyapari, South Australia
Outstation Gallery, Darwin
The McKay Superannuation Fund Art Collection, Brisbane
Catalogue text
This work is accompanied by a certificate from Tjungu Palya Artists which states: ‘This is kapi tjukula (the deep rockholes) and karu (the creek lines) in my country Cave Hill. This is a sacred place for the Seven Sisters Dreaming. Minyma tjuta (the sisters) are sitting inside the cave, hiding from the cheeky man, Wati Nyiru. This country is form my father.’