Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri (1929 - 1984)

MALA (ROCK WALLABY) STORY, c.1973

synthetic polymer paint on composition board

30.0 x 56.5 cm

Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing
Sotheby's, Melbourne, 24 July 2007, lot 251
Private collection, Sydney

Bardon, G., and Bardon, J., Papunya, A Place made after the Story: The Beginnings of the Western Desert Painting Movement, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2004, p. 198, Euro Story (Example I) 1972, which features a similar composition and number of elements including the line of three concentric circles and the tracks of the euro (kangaroo). The design of fluid lines representing creeks, along with a series of alternating double bars indicating clouds, also relate to the Rain or Water Dreaming.