Two Women Dreaming, c. 1976

synthetic polymer paint on plywood

81.5 x 9.5 cm

Est. $6,000 – $8,000

Hammer $5,500

Provenance: Art Mob, Hobart, Tas, Cat No. AM17875/20 Private Collection, acquired from the above
Artwork story: In his account of the founding years of the Papunya painting movement, Geoff Bardon documented Johnny Scobie Tjapanangka's Women's Dreaming as Painting 324, one of the early works of the movement completed in 1972. Bardon noted that Scobie had set out a women's dancing ceremony with the principal dancer's footprints indicated by tracks, a significant women's sign at top centre, and marked ceremonial objects throughout. Bardon knew Scobie personally, describing him as a worldly and shrewd Pintupi man who spoke good English, wore a bush-style hat, and later played a significant role with the Papunya Tula Artists company at Kintore. Two Women Dreaming, estimated to date from the mid-1970s, belongs to that same founding tradition and is a rare survival from the genesis period of one of the most significant movements in Australian art history.

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Sale 3 · Lot 58

Johnny Scobie Tjapanangka

c.1938 – 2000

synthetic polymer paint on plywood

81.5 x 9.5 cm

Est. $6,000 – $8,000

Hammer $5,500

Provenance: Art Mob, Hobart, Tas, Cat No. AM17875/20 Private Collection, acquired from the above
Artwork story: In his account of the founding years of the Papunya painting movement, Geoff Bardon documented Johnny Scobie Tjapanangka's Women's Dreaming as Painting 324, one of the early works of the movement completed in 1972. Bardon noted that Scobie had set out a women's dancing ceremony with the principal dancer's footprints indicated by tracks, a significant women's sign at top centre, and marked ceremonial objects throughout. Bardon knew Scobie personally, describing him as a worldly and shrewd Pintupi man who spoke good English, wore a bush-style hat, and later played a significant role with the Papunya Tula Artists company at Kintore. Two Women Dreaming, estimated to date from the mid-1970s, belongs to that same founding tradition and is a rare survival from the genesis period of one of the most significant movements in Australian art history.