Important Aboriginal Works of Art - 25 May 2016 | Melbourne
Lot 98
Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri
(1926 – 1998)
UNTITLED (SITE OF MARNPI), 1992
synthetic polymer paint on linen
132.0 x 58.5 cm
Estimate:
$5,000 – 7,000
Lot Details
Description
Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri
(1926 – 1998)
UNTITLED (SITE OF MARNPI), 1992
synthetic polymer paint on linen
132.0 x 58.5 cm
bears inscription verso: artist's name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cat. MN920533
Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists
Utopia Art Sydney, Sydney (label verso)
Private Collection
Bonhams, Sydney, 28 June 2011, lot 74
Private Collection, Melbourne
The original Papunya Tula Artists certificates stated in part: ‘The roundel at the centre of the painting depicts a small rockhole in the centre of a salt lake at the site of Marnpi to the south east of the Kintore community.
The background designer represents the sandhill country which surrounds the site. Marnpi is the artist’s birthplace but his family moved from when he was a small boy.’