008
Walangkura
Napanangka
Pintupi (born c.1946)
Untitled (Designs Associated with the Travels of Kutungka Napanangka),
2006
synthetic polymer paint on linen
157 x 127cm
PROVENANCE
Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney; cat.no.H10044; accompanied by certificate
of authenticity and six colour images of the artist executing the painting
Private Collection, Sydney
This painting depicts designs associated with the travels of an old woman,
Kutungka Napanangka, from the west. She travelled from Malparingya, north-west
of the Kintore community and visited the site of Tjintjintjin where there
is an underground cave, also the soakage sites of Ngutan and Yaranga which
are all west of Mantati Outstation, approximately seventy kilometres west
of the Kintore community. She then travelled further east to Muruntji,
south-west of Mt. Leibig. The circles represent rocks and the lines represent
the sandhills in the country through which she passed. At Muruntji she
was accosted by one of a group of boys so she chased them and caught all
but the culprit who managed to escape. She killed the others and cooked
them in a fire. She then travelled to Kaltarra where she entered the earth
[ref: © Copyright Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, NT].