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Click to enlargeSale 1 · Lot 61
c. 1940 – 2013
- Region
- Tiwi Islands
- Community
- Pirlangimpi (Garden Point, Pularumpi)
- Language group
- Tiwi
Jikapayinga - Female Saltwater Crocodile, 2004
69.5 x 89 cm
Est. $2,500 – $3,500
Hammer $2,800
- Provenance
- Munupi Arts, NT, Cat No. MU11JBA079 Metro Five Gallery, Vic Private Collection, Vic
- Artwork story
- Jean Baptiste was taught to paint by her husband, the revered Tiwi elder and artist Declan Apuatimi. She emerged as an artist in her own right after he died and, in old age, became one of Tiwi Design's most successful artists. In this design, taught to her by Declan, grids of irregular squares with bright flashes of white and yellow ochre create a powerful optical dynamic. They rhythmically draw the eye around the picture plane to evoke water surging over a crocodile's scaly skin.