TINGARI STORY, 2002

Important Aboriginal Art
Melbourne
25 March 2009
167

GEORGE TJUNGURRAYI

born c.1943
TINGARI STORY, 2002

synthetic polymer paint on linen

137.0 x 120.5 cm

inscribed verso: artist's name, size and Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number GT0204160

Estimate: 
$12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $13,200 (inc. BP) in Auction 7 - 25 March 2009, Melbourne
Provenance

Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Alice Springs
Private collection, Sydney

Catalogue text

This painting is accompanied by a certificate from Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Alice Springs which reads in part: ‘This painting depicts designs associated with the soakage water site of Unkunya, west of the Pollock Hills in Western Australia. The two Snake Dreaming travelled through this site. This mythology forms part of the Tingari Cycle.’