Modern + Contemporary Fine Art - 15 October 2024 - 22 October 2024 |
synthetic polymer paint on linen
122.0 x 153.0 cm
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Yukultji Napangati
synthetic polymer paint on linen
122.0 x 153.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist's name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cat. YN0902046
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Private collection, Melbourne
WaterMark – the Signature of Life: Aboriginal Art Masterpieces in Hong Kong, The Space, Hong Kong, 6 – 8 September 2012 (illus., on back cover of exhibition catalogue)
WaterMark – the Signature of Life: A Collection of Aboriginal Masterpieces, The Arts House, Singapore, 21 November 2014 (illus. in exhibition catalogue, p. 12)
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists which states:
'This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole site of Marrapinti, west of the Pollock Hills in Western Australia. The lines in this painting depict the sandhills surrounding this site. In ancestral times a group of women of the Nangala and Napangati kinship subsections camped at this site during their travels east. While at the site the women made the nose bones, also known as marrapinti, which are worn through a hole made in the nose web. The nose bones were originally used by both men and women but are now only inserted by the older generation on ceremonial occasions. Upon completion of the ceremonies at Marrapinti the women continued their travels east passing through Wala Wala, Ngaminya and Wirrulnga, before completing their journey upon arrival at Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay).'