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Click to enlargeSale 2 · Lot 52
c.1926 – 1989
- Region
- Western Desert
- Community
- Papunya
- Language group
- Anmatyerr (Anmatyerre); Arrernte (Aranda)
Hunting Story, 1979
75 x 37 cm
Est. $3,000 – $5,000
Hammer $8,500
- Provenance
- A Gallery, New York (David Betz) Private Collection, Albany NY A handwritten note describing the painting as illustrating a group of men telling women about a kangaroo hunt and bearing Kaapa's signature is included
- Artwork story
- Kaapa Tjampitjinpa was among the founding figures of the Papunya Tula movement, remembered for his central role in the landmark 1971 Honey Ant Dreaming mural at Papunya school. He was the first winner of the Northern Territory Art Award and one of the earliest to bring Western Desert iconography into acrylic painting, setting the groundwork for Papunya’s recognition in both Australia and abroad. This 1979 Hunting Story exemplifies his style, with concentric circles, tracks, and dotted infill narrating ancestral hunting episodes.