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PATRICK TJUNGURRAYI (BORN CIRCA 1935)

Acrylic on Belgian linen

122 x 107cm

This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole site of Pintalnga, west of Jupiter Well. There are a lot of mulga trees in the vicinity of the site. One old Tingari Man travelled from Lake Mackay and made camp at this site.

PROVENANCE

Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd., Alice Springs, painted at Kiwirrkura.Catalogue Number PT20000171

Patrick Tjungurrayi was born in the desert near Jupiter Well. He is a Pintupi speaker who divides his time between Balgo and the Pintupi homeland community of Kiwirrkura to the south. Patrick is the younger brother of Brandy Tjungurrayi who also lives in Kiwirrkura. In 1999 Patrick contributed to the Kiwirrkura mens’ painting as part of the Western Desert Dialysis Appeal.

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Art Gallery of New South Wales