Important Australian Aboriginal Art - 17 March 2021 | Melbourne
Lot 34
George Tjungurrayi
born c.1943
MAMULTJULKUNGA, 1999
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
246.0 x 121.0 cm
Estimate:
$30,000 – 40,000
Lot sold: $58,909 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
George Tjungurrayi
born c.1943
MAMULTJULKUNGA, 1999
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
246.0 x 121.0 cm
inscribed verso: artist's name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cat. GT9901127
Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
Scott Livesey Gallery, Melbourne (gallery stamp verso)
Private collection, Melbourne
Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 26 March 2014, lot 111
Private collection, Melbourne
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists which states in part: 'This painting depicts designs associated with the claypan and soakage water site of Mamultjulkunga, north–west of Lake Mackay. Two Tingari men, one of the Tjapaltjarri kinship subsection and one of the Tjangala kinship subsection, made camp at this site.'