Merryn Schriever
Managing Director, Australia
Lot 107
Kathleen Petyarre(born circa 1940)Thorny Devil Lizard Dreaming (Autumn), 1996
7 June 2016, 18:30 AEST
Melbourne, ArmadaleSold for AU$11,590 inc. premium
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Kathleen Petyarre (born circa 1940)
Thorny Devil Lizard Dreaming (Autumn), 1996
inscribed verso with artist's name and Gallerie Australis cat. GAKP1196067
synthetic polymer paint on linen
182.5 x 123.0cm (71 7/8 x 48 7/16in).
inscribed verso with artist's name and Gallerie Australis cat. GAKP1196067
synthetic polymer paint on linen
182.5 x 123.0cm (71 7/8 x 48 7/16in).
Footnotes
PROVENANCE
Gallerie Australis, Adelaide
The Thomas Vroom Collection, The Netherlands
Accompanying notes read: 'Kathleen Petyarre's painting depicts the sacred site of Thorny Devil Lizard in the vicinity of Mosquito Bore on Utopia Station in the eastern desert of central Australia.
The Dreaming site is situated in the artist's father's country and the general locality is identified by a group of sand-hills which rise majestically from the desert floor.
This is the home of the Thorny Devil Lizard Ancestor, and it is here that the men and women of the eastern Anmatyerre language conduct important secret and sacred initiation ceremonies.
The ceremonies are conducted over a three week period, in which the male Elders initiate young boys into manhood in one location and the female Elders initiate young girls into womanhood in another area. At the conclusion of these initiation ceremonies, the participants and their families celebrate the momentous event with another ceremony as did their forebears.'
