UNTITLED (TINGARI), 1981

Important Aboriginal Art
Melbourne
26 March 2014
109

WILLY TJUNGURRAYI

born c.1930
UNTITLED (TINGARI), 1981

synthetic polymer paint on linen

188.0 x 155.0 cm

inscribed verso: 'Willie Tjungurrayi' [sic]

Estimate: 
$14,000 - 18,000
Provenance

Utopia Art, Sydney (label attached verso)
Private collection, Sydney
Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 14 October 2009, lot 105
Private collection, New South Wales

Exhibited

Papunya - Works From The 1980s, Utopia Art, Sydney, 18 August - 8 September 2001

Catalogue text

This painting was originally purchased at a fundraising auction 1981, and although it does not have a Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd consignment number, it has been verified by Papunya Tula that the work was originally commissioned by them. The painting was sold with a letter of verification from Utopia Art Sydney together with the original field notes in the hand of Andrew Crocker, the then co-ordinator for Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd.