PUKANYA, 1999

Important Aboriginal Art
Melbourne
25 March 2009
61

INYUWA NAMPITJINPA

(c.1922 - 1999)
PUKANYA, 1999

synthetic polymer paint on linen

122.0 x 92.0 cm

inscribed verso: artist's name, size and Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd catalogue number IN990134

Provenance

Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Alice Springs
Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne

Exhibited

Aboriginal Art 2004, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne, cat. 1

Catalogue text

This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Alice Springs which read in part, 'This painting depicts designs associated with the site of Pukanya, a rockhole in a creek, east of Mt Webb in Western Australia. The artist stated that her mother passed away at this site. A group of women came from the west and camped at this rockhole before continuing their travels east to Pinari, a rockhole north west of Kintore. During their travels they gathered the edible berries and seeds growing in the area through which they passed.'