Acrylic
on Belgian linen
120 x 80 cm
Tjumpo has painted some of his country, which is far to the south of Balgo, close
to Wilkinkarra, or Lake Mackay. Marruwa is the general name for this country
and is a major Tingarri, or men’s law place. The circle in the middle of
the painting is Marruwa soakwater, an inta or ‘living waterhole’.
The white shapes represent many lakes found in this country while the red lines
depict tali or sandhills.
PROVENANCE
Warlayirti Artists, Halls Creek,Catalogue Number 642/02
Tjumpo Tjapanangka is a senior Kukatja Law man, whose country is Kanapir, some
300 kilometres south off Balgo. Tjumpo began painting in 1986.
REPRESENTED
National Gallery of Victoria
Art Gallery of Western Australia
The Robert Holmes a Court Collection
Kluge-Ruhe Collection, University of Virginia, USA
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