Tingari Ancestors, 1989

synthetic polymer paint on linen

122 x 41 cm

$6,000

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Provenance: Warumpi Arts, Alice Springs, NT, Cat No. TP899701 Aboriginal Fine Arts Gallery, Darwin, NT, Cat No. 1438 Private Collection NSW Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Aboriginal Fine Arts Gallery, Darwin including a photograph of the artist with the work.
Artwork story: Timmy Payungka Tjapangati was a Pintupi elder and original member of the Papunya Tula movement. In Tingari Ancestors, he maps the journey of powerful ancestral beings who crossed the Western Desert, creating sacred sites and establishing law. The composition employs dense dotting and geometric structure to map multiple ceremonial sites - often rendered as concentric circles - and the ancestral paths that connect them. These tracks are not only narrative - they are ontological, defining the very structure of land and law. For collectors, this painting offers a direct encounter with the foundational visual language of the Western Desert - a cultural matrix rendered with both precision and authority.

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c.1935/ c.1940 – 2000

synthetic polymer paint on linen

122 x 41 cm

$6,000

Secure payment via Stripe. Prices in AUD.

Provenance: Warumpi Arts, Alice Springs, NT, Cat No. TP899701 Aboriginal Fine Arts Gallery, Darwin, NT, Cat No. 1438 Private Collection NSW Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Aboriginal Fine Arts Gallery, Darwin including a photograph of the artist with the work.
Artwork story: Timmy Payungka Tjapangati was a Pintupi elder and original member of the Papunya Tula movement. In Tingari Ancestors, he maps the journey of powerful ancestral beings who crossed the Western Desert, creating sacred sites and establishing law. The composition employs dense dotting and geometric structure to map multiple ceremonial sites - often rendered as concentric circles - and the ancestral paths that connect them. These tracks are not only narrative - they are ontological, defining the very structure of land and law. For collectors, this painting offers a direct encounter with the foundational visual language of the Western Desert - a cultural matrix rendered with both precision and authority.