ROCK HOLE SITE OF WAYUTA, 1996

Important Aboriginal Art
Melbourne
26 March 2014
108

YALA YALA GIBBS TJUNGURRAYI

(c.1928 - 1998)
ROCK HOLE SITE OF WAYUTA, 1996

synthetic polymer paint on linen

91.5 x 91.5 cm

inscribed verso: artist's name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cat. YY960782

Estimate: 
$7,000 - 10,000
Provenance

Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
Framed - The Darwin Gallery, Darwin (label attached verso)
Private collection, Northern Territory
Shapiro, Sydney, 8 May 2002, lot 262
Private collection, United States of America

Catalogue text

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists which states: 'This painting depicts designs associated with the rock hole site of Wayuta, west of Lake Macdonald. In mythological times a large group of Tingari men made camp at this site before heading south-west to Wampintjinna. Since events associated with the Tingari Cycle are of a secret nature no further detail was given.'