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Click to enlargeSale 2 · Lot 6
c.1926 – 1990
- Region
- Western Desert
- Community
- Papunya
- Language group
- Pintupi
Tingari Cycle, 1984
50 x 40 cm
Est. $3,000 – $5,000
Hammer $2,400
- Provenance
- Acquired directly from the artist in Kintore, 1984 Corbally Stourton Contemporary Art Ltd., London Private Collection, Albany NY
- Artwork story
- Uta Uta was a founding figure of the Papunya Tula movement and a leading proponent of the Tingari subject matter. In this painting he balances formal precision with the transmission of sacred knowledge. The concentric roundels and connecting pathways evoke ceremonial sites and ancestral journeys. Comparable examples are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.