This painting depicts designs associated with the claypan and soakage water
site of Mamultjulkunga, north-west of Lake Mackay. Two Tingari Men, one of
the Tjapaltjarri kinship subsection and one of the Tjangala kinship subsection,
made camp at this site.
PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd., Alice Springs, painted at Kintore.Catalogue
Number GT9901127 Utopia Art, SydneyPrivate Collection, London
George Tjungurrayi was born in the desert in the vicinity of Kiwirrkura and
is the younger brother of Naata Nungurrayi. George walked in to Papunya after
living at Mukula, west of Kiwirrkura. He commenced painting for Papunya Tula
Artists in the early 1980’s.
REPRESENTED
National Gallery of Victoria
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, Darwin
Robert Holmes à Court Collection
Groninger Museum, The Netherlands
University of Virginia, USA
Musee National des Arts d’Afrique et d’Oceanie, Paris
