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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2018 | Anumara Tjukurpa; Tjala Tjukurpa - Honey Ant Story; Karu Creek | 10 | Bonhams | Sydney | |||
Prints & Multiples
47 x 29 cm (18.5 x 11.42 in)
3 etching
numbered lower left: '10/20'; inscribed lower right: 'Hector' bears Tjala Arts Stamp verso and inscribed verso with Tjala Arts cat.287-06-10/20 (obscured); numbered lower left: '10/20'; inscribed lower right: 'Mick'; bears Tjala Arts Stamp verso and inscribed verso with Tjala Arts cat.288-06-10/20 (obscured); numbered lower left: '10/20'; signed lower right: 'Ray Ken'; bears Tjala Arts Stamp verso and inscribed verso with Tjala Arts cat.286-06-10/20 (obscured)
Tjala Arts, Northern Territory
Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
The collection of Bonita Croft and the Late Gene Zemaitis, Sydney
Nyangatji nganampa tjukurpa: These are our Stories, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, 6 March - 31 March 2007
HECTOR TJUPURU BURTON (CIRCA 1937)
Anumara Tjukurpa, 2006
numbered lower left: '10/20'; inscribed lower right: 'Hector'
bears Tjala Arts Stamp verso and inscribed verso with Tjala Arts cat.287-06-10/20 (obscured)
etching, edition of 20
47.0 x 29.0cm (18 1/2 x 11 7/16in)
The accompanying Tjala Arts certificate reads: 'Hector is telling the Creation Time story of the anumara - a large edible caterpillar with a hook on its tail. It is a story about kinship groups – represented by the North and South. Hector is in one group – the South – (anumara) and his uncles, nephews and father are in the other (North – the other caterpillars – muya muya and ngalyakanti, literally 'hard forehead'). All the caterpillars travelled from places in the north and the south (circles at the edges of the painting), and all met up in one resting place (ngura, the bottom centre circle). The other central circles represent the minyma (women) and tjitji (children). When they arrive, the women dance in the fire and give the men the ceremonial stick. This is a beautiful ceremony, which Hector went through, long ago.'
MICK WIKILYIRI (CIRCA 1940)
Tjala Tjukurpa - Honey Ant Story, 2006
numbered lower left: '10/20'; inscribed lower right: 'Mick'; bears Tjala Arts Stamp verso and inscribed verso with Tjala Arts cat.288-06-10/20 (obscured)
etching, edition of 20
47.0 x 29.0cm (18 1/2 x 11 7/16in)
The accompanying Tjala Arts certificate reads: 'Mick is telling the story of the tjala or honey ants which are found about a metre underground beneath Mulga trees. The honey ant tunnels that lead down to the ant's nests are called nyinantu. The honey ant larvae are called ipilyka-ipilyka. When the Pitjantjatjara go looking for honey ants they look for the drill holes under the trees. When they see them, they shovel and dig down following the tunnels to find the honey ants that are a highly favoured food source. They suck the honey-like liquid from the abdomen of the honey ant. The story of the Honey Ant ancestors is told across Central Australia; it is an important link between mythology and interdependence on the environment. In this etching Mick is showing the holes and tunnels made by the tjala.'
RAY KEN (CIRCA 1940)
Karu Creek, 2006
numbered lower left: '10/20'; signed lower right: 'Ray Ken'; bears Tjala Arts Stamp verso and inscribed verso with Tjala Arts cat.286-06-10/20 (obscured)
etching, edition of 20
47.0 x 29.5cm (18 1/2 x 11 5/8in).
The accompanying Tjala Arts certificate reads:'Ray is telling us about the many creeks found in his country. The creeks remain dry beds of sand until the big rains occur, about every 3 - 5 years. It rains during the summer months of November - February. The horizontal lines are the creeks. The holes indicate pools of water.'
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