IWARA TJUTA, 2006

Important Australian Aboriginal Art
Melbourne
17 March 2021
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NYANKULYA WATSON

(c.1938 – 2007)
IWARA TJUTA, 2006

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

124.0 x 210.5 cm

bears inscription verso: artist's name, date and Tjungu Palya Artists cat. TPNKW06047

Estimate: 
$7,000 – 10,000
Sold for $8,591 (inc. BP) in Auction 63 - 17 March 2021, Melbourne
Provenance

Tjungu Palya Artists, Nyapari, South Australia
Marshall Arts, Adelaide
Private collection, Adelaide

This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tjungu Palya Artists which states: 'These are all the travelling tracks in my country. I travelled around this country in the early days with my family. There's a lot of rockholes and we used to walk to all of them. We would stop and camp for a while collecting food and then move on to another place. The rockhole at Mt Aloysius had good water. I was born here. The other rockholes are: Inurantja, Tjilpultjanga, Junpunga (watiku ngura), Mapantji (patilku ngura), Ultjutjara, Iltjutjanga, Yaliri, Palkarli, Numpa-numpa, Pukara (wati kutjara tjukurpa), Anamarapiti, Palkini, Punu Wara, Apulunga, Attanga and Wanungtjiri.'