George Tjapanangka
(born 1938)
MUUMU SWAMP, 1983
synthetic polymer paint on canvas board
30.0 x 40.0 cm
inscribed verso: artist's name, title and Papunya Tula Artists cat. GT831228
Estimate:
$1,500 - $2,500
Sold:
$1,320 (inc. BP)
lot details
George Tjapanangka (born 1938)
MUUMU SWAMP, 1983
synthetic polymer paint on canvas board
30.0 x 40.0 cm
inscribed verso: artist's name, title and Papunya Tula Artists cat. GT831228
Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
Bellas Gallery, Brisbane (label attached verso)
Private collection, Queensland
A copy of the Bellas Gallery exhibition catalogue states: 'Muumu is a swamp North West of Kintore, a Pintupi settlement about 20km from the Western Australian border where mungilpa, a bush food is plentiful. The circles in the painting indicate the camps of the men involved in the ceremony.'