This painting depicts designs associated with the soakage water site of Pukaratjina,
north of the Pollock Hills in Western Australia. A large group of women came
from the west and passed through this site during their travels to the east.
PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd., Alice Springs, painted at Kintore.Catalogue
Number GT9911106
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
