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Aboriginal Art from the Luczo Family Collection - 19 October 2016  |  Melbourne

Lot 68
Tuppy Ngintja Goodwin
born 1960
KUNGKA KUTJARA TJUKURPA, 2010

synthetic polymer paint on linen

133.5 x 122.0 cm



Estimate:
$3,500 – 4,500


Lot sold: $3,904 (inc. BP)


Lot Details

Description

Tuppy Ngintja Goodwin
born 1960
KUNGKA KUTJARA TJUKURPA, 2010

synthetic polymer paint on linen

133.5 x 122.0 cm

bears inscription verso: artist’s name and Milimi Maku Arts cat. MIM179-10

Provenance

Milimi Maku Arts, Mimili, South Australia
Harvey Art Projects, Ketchum, Idaho, USA
The Luczo Family Collection, USA

Catalogue text

This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Milimi Maku Arts that states: ‘This painting depicts Minyma Pampa Tjukurpa from Mimili. This is women’s dreaming story. This painting depicts the inma (the women) would perform out bush. The women paint their bodies and share secret women’s business, no watis (men) are allowed. This painting tells the story of the women’s ceremony that is sacred to the women from Mimili.’