Makinti Napanangka Pintupi, Western Desert region, circa 1930-2011
Provenance
The Artist, painted at Kintore, Northern Territory, December 2002
Papunya Tula Artists, Northern Territory, cat. no. MN0204030
AP Bond Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
The Luczo Family Collection, United States of America
Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, Aboriginal Art from the Luczo Family Collection, 19 October 2016, Lot 48
Private Collection, Melbourne
D'Lan Contemporary, Melbourne
Collection of Steve Martin & Anne Stringfield, New York
Exhibitions
Desert Painters of Australia: Two Generations, Gagosian, Hong Kong, 24 September – 7 November, 2020This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole site of Lupulnga, south of the Kintore Community. The Peewee (small bird) Dreaming is associated with this site. A group of women visited the site before continuing their travels north to Kintore. The lines in the painting represent spun hair-string which is used in the making of hair-belts, which are worn during the ceremonies associated with the area. -Text from Papunya Tula Artists