Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula (1932 - 2001)

DINGO DREAMING, 1973

synthetic polymer paint on composition board

78.5 x 61.5 cm

bears inscription on label verso: artist’s name, title, language group, a description of the story depicted in Peter Fannin’s hand and Papunya Tula Artists cat. JW 731068

Painted at Papunya, Northern Territory
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs (cat. JW731068)
Private collection, New South Wales
Bonhams, Sydney, 16 June 2015, lot 73
Private collection, Sydney

This work is accompanied by an annotated cataloguing card from Papunya Tula Artists in the hand of Peter Fannin which states: ‘The dingo was important to the Aboriginal people both as a pet (young ones) and a hunting dog (sometimes they kill the kangaroo). It is not surprising then, that the dingo pupping season gives us a series of dingo stories.’