Bobby West Tjupurrula (born 1958)

UNTITLED, 1999

synthetic polymer paint on linen

122.0 x 91.0 cm

bears inscription verso: artist's name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cat. BW9910249

Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2000

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists which states:

‘This painting depicts designs associated with the sand dune site of Yampura Tjungku, just to the west of the Kiwirrkura Community airstrip.

In mythological times two Ngangkari (Aboriginal Healers) were travelling in the area. They had killed a number of dogs at Muntja, south-east of here. They brought the dead dogs and piled them up at this site, forming the sand dune.’