WILKINBA NEAR LAKE MACKAY, 1993
TJUMPO TJAPANANGKA
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
120.0 x 59.5 cm
bears inscription verso: artist name, size and Warlayirti Artists cat. 151/93
Warlayirti Artists, Balgo Hills
The Robin Beesey Collection of Paintings from Balgo Hills, Victoria
Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 24 June 2002, lot 138
The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Sydney
Wirrimanu: Aboriginal Art from the Sandy Desert Region, McClelland Gallery, Victoria, 4 May – 20 July 1997
Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australia’s Remote Aboriginal Communities: The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 2008, p. 136 (illus.)
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Warlayirti Artists that states: ‘This painting from Tjumpo’s country shows a sacred “Law Place” that is connected with senior men’s Law called Tingarri. Back in the Tjukulpa (Dreamtime) serpents were responsible for creating the land, its features and its Law. Miliggi one of these serpents is shown during this creation period. This area has been used to celebrate these events for countless generations. The land has a rugged beauty with endless sandhills, craggy hills and vast salt lakes surrounded by stands of desert oaks.’