Important Australian Aboriginal Art - 18 March 2020 | Melbourne
Lot 103
Kaapa Tjampitjinpa
(c.1926 – 1989)
WARLUGULONG, 1976
synthetic polymer paint on canvas board
91.0 x 60.5 cm
Estimate:
$8,000 – 12,000
Lot sold: $9,760 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Kaapa Tjampitjinpa
(c.1926 – 1989)
WARLUGULONG, 1976
synthetic polymer paint on canvas board
91.0 x 60.5 cm
Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory (cat. K761263)
Private collection, Victoria
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs which states in part: ‘Warlugulong is a site associated with a number of Anmatjera and Walpiri mythologies. It is situated approximately 300 km northwest of Alice Springs. This board depicts the details of several legends. The central legend being of a great bushfire that started this place.’