WATI WANAMPO KUTJARA, 2009

Important Fine Art + Indigenous Art
Melbourne
29 November 2017
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MARINGKA BAKER

born c.1952
WATI WANAMPO KUTJARA, 2009

synthetic polymer paint on linen

126.5 x 123.0 cm

signed verso: MARingKA BAKer
bears inscription verso: artist's name, title, date and Tjungu Palya Artists cat. TPMB09028

Estimate: 
$8,000 – 12,000
Sold for $12,200 (inc. BP) in Auction 52 - 29 November 2017, Melbourne
Provenance

Tjungu Palya Artists, Nyapari, South Australia
Chapman Gallery, Canberra
Private collection, Melbourne

Catalogue text

This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tjungu Palya Arts that states: ‘Wati Kutjara Tjukurpa (the creation story for the two serpent men). The two wanampi, father and his son travel from rockhole to rockhole in country around Wingellina. The two men travelled from Pukara to Kuru Ala and Nyumu. After the rains the desert goes from red to really green. There is grass everywhere. The two men are happy in their country.’