Willy Tjungurrayi PINTUPI, Circa 1930-2018
Provenance
The Artist, Painted at Kintore, Northern Territory, 2001
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, cat. no. WT0102037
Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
Harry Triguboff, Melbourne
Private Collection, Melbourne
D'Lan Contemporary, Melbourne
Collection of Steve Martin & Anne Stringfield, New York
Exhibitions
Twenty Aboriginal Paintings, UOVO, New York, 15 - 19 January 2019
Desert Painters of Australia: Works from the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection
of the University of Virginia and the Collection of Steve Martin and Anne Stringfield, Gagosian, New York, 3 May – 3 July 2019
Literature
Twenty Aboriginal Paintings, UOVO, 2019, p. 4 (illus.)This painting depicts designs associated with the site of Kaakuratintja (Lake MacDonald). In mythological times a large group of Tingari Men, both young and old, travelled to this site from the west. Prior to arriving at Kaakuratintja a fierce hailstorm occurred which killed them all. Since events associated with the Tingari Cycle are of a secret nature no further detail was given. Generally, the Tingari are a group of mythical characters of the Dreaming who travelled over vast stretches of the country, performing rituals and creating and shaping particular sites. The Tingari Men were usually followed by Tingari Women and accompanied by novices. These mythologies from part of the teachings of the post initiatory youths today as well as providing explanations for contemporary customs. (Text from Papunya Tula Artists)