George Tjapanangka, born 1938, SITE OF PARAYILPIL
George Tjapanangka, born 1938, SITE OF PARAYILPILEstimate $7,000 – $10,000
- Lot Sold $10,000 (Hammer Price)
- $12,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
synthetic polymer paint on linen
bears Alcaston Gallery catalogue number AK7503 and artist's name, size and Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number GT0109034 on the reverse
152.5 BY 91.5CM
Provenance:
Painted at Kintore in 2001
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
Private collection
This painting is sold with an accompanying Papunya Tula Artists certificate which reads in part: ' This painting depicts designs associated with the soakage water site of Parayilpil, in the Stanmore Range, north of Lake MacKay. This is a swamp after rain. In mythological times a large group of Tingari Men and Tingari Women gathered at this site to conduct ceremonies associated with initiation of young men'.