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Lot 36

Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula
(circa 1938-2001)
Untitled, c.1982 35.2 x 25.0cm

19 November 2017, 16:00 AEDT
Melbourne, Armadale

Sold for AU$1,830 inc. premium

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Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula (circa 1938-2001)

Untitled, c.1982
synthetic polymer paint on canvas on board
35.2 x 25.0cm

Footnotes

PROVENANCE
Gifted to Mary Macha by the artist at an exhibition in 1982
The Estate of Mary Macha AM, Perth

According to related notes interpreted by Kim Akerman, the painting represents a men's site (a claypan filled with water) in country west of Lumbinja - southwest from the Kintore Ranges. Two men - one trying to go right. The other pulling him back all the time. The men are of the Jakamarra and Jampajinpa subsection groups. The central roundel is the claypan. The U-shapes are the men. Sandhills - tali, are indicated presumably the lines radiating out from the central area). Other sections (possibly those enclosed by the U-shapes) are marks made by the two men.

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