STRAIGHTENING SPEARS AT ILYINGAUGAU, 1996

Modern + Contemporary Art
Melbourne
13 June 2018
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TURKEY TOLSON TJUPURRULA

(1942 – 2001)
STRAIGHTENING SPEARS AT ILYINGAUGAU, 1996

synthetic polymer paint on linen

149.5 x 182.0 cm

bears inscription verso: artist's name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cat. TT9610153

Estimate: 
$20,000 – 30,000
Sold for $24,400 (inc. BP) in Auction 54 - 13 June 2018, Melbourne
Provenance

Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1996

Catalogue text

Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula lived and worked in Kintore, Northern Territory
language group: Pintupi

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
National Museum of Australia, Canberra
Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane