Important Australian Aboriginal Art - 18 March 2020 | Melbourne
Lot 66
Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri
(c.1929 – 1984)
POSSUM CEREMONY NEAR NAPPERBY, c.1973
synthetic polymer powder paint on board
36.0 x 53.0 cm
Estimate:
$10,000 – 15,000
Lot sold: $18,300 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri
(c.1929 – 1984)
POSSUM CEREMONY NEAR NAPPERBY, c.1973
synthetic polymer powder paint on board
36.0 x 53.0 cm
bears inscription verso: artist's name, size, and Papunya Tula Artists cat. TL730604 and description of some of the iconography on the reverse
Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above July 1973
Collection of William Nuttall and Annette Reeves, Melbourne
Bonhams, Sydney, 28 May 2012, lot 29
Private collection, Melbourne
Exhibited
Blue Chip VIII: The Collectors' Exhibition, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 7 March – 1 April 2006, cat. 29 (label attached verso)