Important Australian Indigenous Art - 22 March 2023 | Melbourne
Lot 59
Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri
(c.1929 - 1984)
PERENTIE (LIZARD), 1980
synthetic polymer paint on carved wood
94.0 x 14.0 x 9.0 cm
Estimate:
$8,000 – $10,000
Lot sold: $6,136 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri
(c.1929 - 1984)
PERENTIE (LIZARD), 1980
synthetic polymer paint on carved wood
94.0 x 14.0 x 9.0 cm
Provenance
Purchased by the artist Tim Johnson, directly from the artist while working for Papunya Tula Artists in 1981
Tim and Vivien Johnson collection, Sydney
Private collection, Sydney
Exhibited
Papunya Painting: Out of the Desert, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, 28 November 2007 – 3 February 2008
Literature
Johnson, V., Papunya Painting: Out of the Desert, National Museum of Australia Press, Canberra, 2007, p. 130 (illus.)