The Kelton Collection - Indigenous Art at Leonard Joel

The Kelton Collection Indigenous Art at Leonard Joel AUCTION MONDAY 11 APRIL 2022, MELBOURNE

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AUCTION CATALOGUE VOLUME 15 ISSUE 2 LJ8448 COVER (detail) LOT 47 ANATJARI TJAKAMARRA (c.1930–1992) Snake Dreaming at Kantawarrany 1978 synthetic polymer paint on canvasboard 60.9 × 45.7cm $8,000 – 12,000 © Anatjari Tjakamarra /Copyright Agency 2022 INSIDE COVER (detail) LOT 81 PANSY NAPANGARDI (born c.1945) Kungka Kutjara (Two Women) at Winpirri Rockhole 1991 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 135 × 90cm $4,000 – 6,000 © Pansy Napangardi/Copyright Agency 2022

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The Kelton Collection Indigenous Art at Leonard Joel AUCTION MONDAY 11 APRIL 2022, 6PM MELBOURNE

VIEWING Viewing in Melbourne: Friday 8 - Sunday 10 April 2022 333 Malvern Road, South Yarra, VIC 3141

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CHAIRMAN & HEAD OF IMPORTANT COLLECTIONS John Albrecht 03 8825 5619 | john.albrecht@leonardjoel.com.au

HEAD OF FINE ART Olivia Fuller 03 8825 5624 | olivia.fuller@leonardjoel.com.au

FINE ART SPECIALIST Lucy Foster 03 8825 5609 | lucy.foster@leonardjoel.com.au

ART SPECIALIST, MANAGER OF SPECIALITY AUCTIONS Hannah Ryan 03 8825 5666 | hannah.ryan@leonardjoel.com.au

DECORATIVE ARTS & FINE ART SPECIALIST, SYDNEY Madeleine Norton 02 9362 9045 | madeleine.norton@leonardjoel.com.au

SENIOR ADVISOR, SYDNEY Ronan Sulich 02 9362 9045 | ronan.sulich@leonardjoel.com.au

QUEENSLAND REPRESENTATIVE SPECIALIST Troy McKenzie 0412 997 080 | troy.mckenzie@leonardjoel.com.au

ADELAIDE REPRESENTATIVE SPECIALIST Anthony Hurl 0419 838 841 | anthony.hurl@leonardjoel.com.au

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The Kelton Collection –

When hearing a collector’s story, we can often take for granted the intricate decision making and refined focus that is required to retain the integrity of their collection. This level of care and consideration is even more impressive when combined with genuine passion and enthusiasm.

Collected over four decades by the late Mr. Richard Kelton (1929-2019), the Kelton Collection is arguably one of the most important private collections of Aboriginal Australian art. Richard Kelton was an indefatigable collector, and his seemingly idiosyncratic collection is best understood through his principal preoccupations: sailing, water and the Pacific Ocean. Other pillars of his collection include art of the China Trade, Paul Gauguin’s Tahiti paintings and sculptures, Oceanic art and artifacts, maritime art and instruments, and the California plein air artists. Through this lens, these objects, subjects and histories interact in dynamic and provocative ways.

Richard Kelton first encountered Aboriginal art in 1979 when he joined a scientific expeditionary sailing trip to Australia. Subsequently, he began acquiring select paintings from Papunya Tula, and sculpture from Western Arnhem and the Tiwi Islands, and so began a lifelong passion for Australian Indigenous art.

Over the next four decades, Kelton’s interest in and appreciation of Aboriginal artists and art saw his collection grow to over 1,500 works, all housed in his Marina del Rey residence in California. His frequent trips to Australia guaranteed access to some of the best quality works available at the time. Richard Kelton was an early advocate for Aboriginal art to be shown in museums within the same curatorial and academic context as other modern and contemporary art. He staged the first exhibition from his collection in 1980, Past and Present Art of the Australian Aborigines at the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, California. In 1982, The Kelton Foundation was established to facilitate the exhibition, loan, and research of his collection, lending works to international museum

The Late Mr. Richard Kelton

shows, including the Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri Retrospective mounted by the Art Gallery of South Australia and Papunya Tula: Genius and Genesis at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. In total, there were 14 stand-alone exhibitions of his collection, during which Richard would delight in delivering a personal lecture. To have these works exhibited together outside of Australia was rarity enough, but to have a collector so dedicated to the appreciation and recognition of these artists in public alignment was even more so.

The Kelton Collection traces the arc of the 20th Century Aboriginal art movement from the Hermannsburg watercolour painters of the 1950s, to the artists of Arnhem Land and the Tiwi Islands of the 1960s and 70s, collected retrospectively. Artists of the East Kimberley were collected contemporaneously and his fascination with the painters of the Western and Central Deserts from the 1970s onwards is evidenced by his attention to the artists of Papunya, Balgo, and Yuendumu. Richard Kelton collected artists and movements in depth in order to understand where they came from and their relationship to the spiritual and physical worlds that sustained them.

The Kelton family are thrilled to be returning these works to Australia, and Leonard Joel are honoured to be presenting one of the most important collections of Aboriginal Art at auction.

— Olivia Fuller | Head of Fine Art Miriam Grundy | Collection Manager, The Kelton Collection 91 (detail) © Turkey Tolson Tjupurulla/ Copyright Agency 2022 5

TIWI The Tiwi Islands, located in the Timor Sea 100km north of Darwin, are home to the Tiwi people and consist of two main islands, Melville Island and Bathurst Island.

The Apsely Strait divides the islands and separates them from the Australian mainland, a geographical position at the heart of Tiwi culture’s ingenuity.

The cultural identity of its people is expressed in jilamara – body painting designs, carving and painting tutuni – poles, making tunga – bark baskets and body adornments, and performing kwakakawayi – songs. Participation in ceremonial and performative cultural expression has existed for many millennia. However, it was only during the twentieth century that a broader public became aware of the splendour of Tiwi artistic production in its value of individuality, innovation and independence in carving and painting.

1 STANISLAUS PURUNTATAMERI (c.1906–1987) Pelican 1977 natural earth pigments on carved ironwood 62 × 18cm PROVENANCE: Aboriginal Arts and Crafts Pty. Ltd., Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1979 EXHIBITIONS: Past and Present Art of the Australian Aborigines, from The Kelton Foundation Collection, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 24 September 1980 – 4 January 1981 (illus. in catalogue, p. 47) $5,000 – 7,000

2 PADDY TEEAMPI PURUNTATAMERI (20th Century) Parukupali, Tiwi Ancestor 1978 natural earth pigments on hardwood 102 × 15cm PROVENANCE: Created on Melville Island, Tiwi Islands The Collection of Ian Primrose, Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1983 $6,000 – 8,000

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3 WULA (HARRY WAMBI) TIPURAPADEI (born c.1907) Tiwi Figure c.1980 natural earth pigments on carved ironwood 94 × 8cm PROVENANCE: Acquired at Milikapiti on Melville Island 1987 Sotheby’s, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 28 June 1999, lot 172 The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America $4,000 – 6,000 4 PADDY TEEAMPI PURUNTATAMERI (20th Century) Topographic Design 1973 natural earth pigments on bark 62 × 33cm PROVENANCE: The Collection of Ian Primrose, Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1983 EXHIBITIONS: Dreamtime: Art of the Australian Aborigine, Part I Land and Tradition, California State University, Northridge, California, 12 September – 14 October 1988 Abstract Reality: Australian Dreamtime Art, Modern Museum of Art, Santa Ana, California, 17 January – 16 April 1989 $1,800 – 2,500 5 BENEDICT MUNKARA (born c.1925) Tiwi Mortuary Poles and Totemic Designs 1992 natural earth pigments on bark artist’s name inscribed verso 67.5 × 97cm PROVENANCE: Created on Bathurst Island, Northern Territory 1992 Mary Macha, Perth The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1993 $1,200 – 1,800

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6 STANISLAUS PURUNTATAMERI (c.1906–1987) Purukuparli c.1975 natural earth pigments on wood 64.5 × 19.5cm PROVENANCE: Deutscher~Menzies, Fine Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 29 June 1999, lot 107 The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America $5,000 – 7,000 7 STANISLAUS PURUNTATAMERI (c.1906–1987) Bima c.1975 natural earth pigments on wood 58 × 16cm PROVENANCE: Deutscher~Menzies, Fine Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 29 June 1999, lot 108 The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America $5,000 – 7,000 8 STANISLAUS PURUNTATAMERI (c.1906–1987) Djibara (Tapara) Moon Man c.1975 natural earth pigments on wood 65 × 17.5cm PROVENANCE: Deutscher~Menzies, Fine Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 29 June 1999, lot 109 The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America $5,000 – 7,000 9 ARTIST UNKNOWN (20th Century) Untitled (Tiwi Design) 1989 natural earth pigments on bark 69 × 38cm PROVENANCE: Aboriginal Arts Australia Limited, Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991 $1,200 – 1,800 10 JAMMA PETTINJMI (20th Century) Untitled c.1970 natural earth pigments on bark 100 × 46.5cm PROVENANCE: Commissioned in the 1970s for the collection of Lord Alistair McAlpine Taylor A. Dale, Santa Fe, New Mexico The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 2000 $1,200 – 1,800 6 © Stanislaus Puruntatameri/Copyright Agency 2022

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13 MICK JAGARBAK (20th Century) Untitled c.1970 natural earth pigments on bark 74.5 × 30.5cm PROVENANCE: Commissioned in the 1970s for the collection of Lord Alistair McAlpine Taylor A. Dale, Santa Fe, New Mexico The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 2000 $1,200 – 1,800 14 MARIA JOSETTE ORSTO (1962–2020) Untitled 2004 natural earth pigments on linen inscribed verso with Tiwi Designs stamp, artist’s name, date and cat. no. 645–04 50 × 115cm PROVENANCE: Tiwi Designs, Bathurst Island, Northern Territory The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 2007 $800 – 1,200

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11 KERIN MAKWANKIMI (20th Century) Untitled c.1970 natural earth pigments on bark 84 × 47cm PROVENANCE: Commissioned in the 1970s for the collection of Lord Alistair McAlpine Taylor A. Dale, Santa Fe, New Mexico The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 2000 $1,200 – 1,800 12 ATTRIBUTED TO KERIN MAKWANKIMI (20th Century) Untitled c.1970 natural earth pigments on bark 98.5 × 54.5cm PROVENANCE: Commissioned in the 1970s for the collection of Lord Alistair McAlpine Taylor A. Dale, Santa Fe, New Mexico The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 2000 $1,200 – 1,800 8 © Stanislaus Puruntatameri/Copyright Agency 2022

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15 THOMAS NANDJIWARA AMAGULA (c.1926–1989) Untitled c.1960 natural earth pigments on bark artist’s name inscribed verso 39.5 × 66cm PROVENANCE: Taylor A. Dale, Santa Fe, New Mexico The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1999 $800 – 1,200 16 ARTIST UNKNOWN (19th/20th Century) Turtle c.1898 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark 52 × 29cm PROVENANCE: The Collection of Laurence Sunder, Copenhagen, Denmark Taylor A. Dale, Santa Fe, New Mexico The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1990 EXHIBITIONS: The Evolving Dreamtime: Contemporary Art by Indigenous Australians – Part II, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 15 March – 21 May 1995 $2,000 – 3,000 18 © Nangajalal/Copyright Agency 2022

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17 ARTIST UNKNOWN (20th Century) Glover Birds c.1930 natural ochres on bark 26 × 32.7cm

18 NANGAJALAL (20th Century) Two Stingrays 1961 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark 55 × 27.5cm

19 STEPHEN KAWURIKKU (born c.1946) Pigeon 1980 natural earth pigments on softwood 14 × 34cm

PROVENANCE: Private collection c.1930s–40s Taylor A. Dale, Santa Fe, New Mexico The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1993

PROVENANCE: Created on Groote Eylandt, 1961 Sotheby’s, Important Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 28 June 1999, lot 150 The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America $3,000 – 5,000

PROVENANCE: Maningrida Arts and Crafts, Northern Territory The Collection of Ian Primrose, Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1983

EXHIBITIONS: The Evolving Dreamtime: Contemporary Art by Indigenous Australians – Part II, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 15 March – 21 May 1995 $1,500 – 2,500

EXHIBITIONS: Belonging to Mother Earth – Indigenous Wisdom and Healing Conference, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 1998 $1,200 – 1,800

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Western Arnhem Land This region is dominated by the Arnhem Escarpment, a vast range of rocky hills home to thousands of rock art galleries, some more than 30,000 years old. The Kunwinikju people of Western Arnhem Land belong to an area bounded on the west of the East Alligator River and the east by the Liverpool and Mann Rivers.

Art from this broad western region is unique in its figurative emphasis. Dynamic forms of Ancestral beings, mimi spirits and animals in movement grace the overhangs of the rocky escarpment in a dramatic style of X-ray images found nowhere else in First Nations Australia. The dialogue between the visible and the invisible in the art of Western Arnhem Land is depicted by the edifying Ancestral narratives captured by these figures. This rich rock art tradition is a constant source of inspiration for contemporary Kunwinijku artists.

20 JIMMY PASCOE MATJIRRI (born 1957) Catfish 1978 natural ochres on carved milkwood 10.5 × 53.5cm PROVENANCE: Aboriginal Arts and Crafts Pty. Ltd., Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1979 $1,500 – 2,000 21 ROY RIWA (c.1929–1995) Jirukupai the Crocodile 1977 natural ochres on carved softwood 7.5 × 70cm PROVENANCE: Aboriginal Arts and Crafts Pty. Ltd., Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1979 $2,000 – 3,000

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22 RONNIE DJANBARDI (MALADJIRI) (1925–1994) Log Coffin with Spirit Figures and Turtle Design 1978 natural earth pigments on carved eucalyptus wood 212 × 15cm PROVENANCE: Created in Maningrida, Northern Territory 1978 Aboriginal Arts and Crafts Pty. Ltd., Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1979 $3,000 – 5,000 23 CRUSOE GUNINGBAL (c.1922–1984) Mimi Spirit 1979 natural ochres on carved softwood 80 × 7.5cm PROVENANCE: Aboriginal Arts and Crafts Pty. Ltd., Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1979 EXHIBITIONS: The Evolving Dreamtime: Contemporary Art by Indigenous Australians – Part II, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 15 March – 21 May 1995 $3,000 – 5,000 24 DJAWIDA NADJONGORLE (c.1943–2008) King Fish c.1990 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark inscribed verso with artist’s name and Avant Galleries cat. no. 570 97.5 × 30cm PROVENANCE: Avant Galleries, Melbourne The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991 $2,000 – 3,000

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25 RONNIE DJANBARDI (MALADJIRI) (1925–1994) Log Coffin with Turtles and Long Tom Fish Designs 1978 natural earth pigments on carved eucalyptus bark 165 × 22cm PROVENANCE: Created in Maningrida, Northern Territory Aboriginal Arts and Crafts Pty, Ltd., Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1979 $3,000 – 5,000 26 CRUSOE GUNINGBAL (c.1922–1984) Mimi Figure c.1980 natural earth pigments on wood 81.5 × 8cm PROVENANCE: Deutscher~Menzies, Fine Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, 29 June 1999, lot 111 The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America $4,000 – 5,000 27 THOMPSON NGANJMIRRA (born 1954) Maralaitj, The Earth Mother 1980 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark inscribed verso with artist’s name 109 × 45cm PROVENANCE: Sotheby’s, Melbourne, Fine Australian, Aboriginal and International Paintings, 22 November 1999, lot 509 The Kelton Foundation, United States of America $1,200 – 1,800 28 THOMPSON NGANJMIRRA (born 1954) Namarrkon, The Lightning Spirit 1989 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark inscribed verso with artist’s name and date 181 × 52cm PROVENANCE: Aboriginal Arts Australia Limited, Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991 EXHIBITIONS: The Evolving Dreamtime: Contemporary Art by Indigenous Australians – Part II, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 15 March – 21 May 1995 $4,000 – 6,000

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29 BOBBY BARRDJARAY NGANJMIRA (1915–1992) Dreaming Crocodile with Mimi Spirits and Namorrodo Spirits c.1975 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark inscribed verso with artist’s name and Avant Galleries cat. no. A54 116.5 × 68cm PROVENANCE: Acquired in Gunbalanya, North Western Arnhem Land, 1975 Avant Galleries, Melbourne The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991 $3,000 – 5,000 30 IVAN NAMIRRKKI (born 1961) Ngalyod the Rainbow Serpent and Yawk Yawk 1991 natural earth pigments on bark artist’s name, title, date and Maningrida Arts & Culture cat. no. NAM-103 on label verso 53 × 150cm PROVENANCE: Maningrida Arts & Culture, Arnhem Land Private collection, Sydney Shapiro Auctioneers, Sydney, 8 May 2002, lot 325 The Kelton Foundation, United States of America $6,000 – 8,000 31 MAX BUNGI PASCOE (20th Century) Untitled c.1995 coloured pigment on stringybark artist’s name and Maningrida Arts & Culture cat. no. 6508 inscribed on label verso 121 × 55cm PROVENANCE: Maningrida Arts & Culture, Arnhem Land The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1997 $1,800 – 2,500 32 ROBIN NGANJMIRA (1951–1991) Mimi and Namarodo Spirits 1985 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark 135 × 66.5cm PROVENANCE: Created in the Oenpelli region, Western Arnhem Land, Northern Territory Sotheby’s, Melbourne, Fine Aboriginal and Contemporary Art Auction, 17 June 1996, lot 220 The Kelton Foundation, United States of America $5,000 – 7,000

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33 ARTIST UNKNOWN (20th Century) Untitled (Kangaroo) c.1980 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, mounted on composition board 90 × 41cm

34 JIMMY MJIMINUMA (1947–2004) Kangaroo with Young c.1970 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark artist’s name inscribed verso 34 × 56cm

PROVENANCE: Aboriginal Arts and Crafts Pty. Ltd., Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired in 1979

PROVENANCE: Taylor A. Dale, Santa Fe, New Mexico The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1990 $800 – 1,200

EXHIBITIONS: Abstract Reality: Australian Dreamtime Art, Modern Museum of Art, Santa Ana, California, 17 January – 6 April 1989 $1,000 – 1,500

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35 DICK NGULEI-NGULEI MURRUMURRU (c.1920–1988) Mimi Spirits and Namorrodo Spirits c.1975 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark inscribed verso with Avant Galleries cat. no. 37 35.5 × 56cm PROVENANCE: The Collection of Dorothy Bennett, Northern Territory c.1975 Avant Galleries, Melbourne The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991 EXHIBITIONS: Awake to the Dreamtime: Australian Aboriginal Art, San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego, California, 19 February – 24 May 1993 $5,000 – 7,000 36 JACKIE MADAGARLGARL (c.1930–2000) Mimi and Namorodo Spirits c.1965 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark inscribed verso with Avant Galleries cat. no. A-5 72 × 28cm PROVENANCE: Acquired in Gunbalanya, North Western Arnhem Land, 1965 Avant Galleries, Melbourne The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991 EXHIBITIONS: The Evolving Dreamtime: Contemporary Art by Indigenous Australians – Part II, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 15 March – 21 May 1995 $2,000 – 3,000

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37 ARTIST UNKNOWN (20th Century) Catfish c.1940 natural earth pigments on bark 43 × 80cm

38 CECINA MARDJUWA (20th Century) Fish Trap 2007 natural fibres 36 × 171cm

39 ARTIST UNKNOWN (20th Century) Mokuy, Carved Spirit Figure 1960 natural earth pigments on wood 35 × 18cm

PROVENANCE: The Collection of Judy Hilberg, c.1975 Taylor A. Dale, Santa Fe, New Mexico The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 2002 $3,000 – 5,000

PROVENANCE: Maningrida Arts & Culture, Arnhem Land cat. no. 338/07 The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 2007 $2,000 – 3,000

PROVENANCE: Taylor A. Dale, Santa Fe, New Mexico The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1993

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EXHIBITIONS: The Evolving Dreamtime: Contemporary Art by Indigenous Australians – Part II, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 15 March – 21 May 1995 $2,000 – 3,000

40 PETER NABARLAMBARL (c.1930–2001) Rainbow Serpent of the Dreaming c.1990 natural earth pigments and synthetic polymer paint on paper 51.5 × 152cm PROVENANCE: Gallerie Australis, Adelaide cat. no. NBA005 The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1992 EXHIBITIONS: Awake to the Dreamtime: Australian Aboriginal Art, San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego, California, 19 February – 24 May 1993 The Evolving Dreamtime: Contemporary Art by Indigenous Australians – Part II, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 15 March – 21 May 1995 LITERATURE: Isaacs, J., Australian Aboriginal Paintings, New Holland Publishers, Sydney 2002, p. 142– 43 $4,000 – 6,000 41 DJAWIDA NADJONGORLE (c.1943–2008) Nawarra, Stone Country Dreaming Ancestor and His Wives c.1990 natural earth pigments and synthetic polymer paint on paper 152 × 101cm PROVENANCE: Created in the Oenpelli region, Western Arnhem Land, Northern Territory Lawsons, Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 13 September 1994, lot 209 Hogarth Galleries, Sydney The Kelton Foundation, United States of America $3,000 – 5,000

END OF WESTERN ARNHEM LAND 43 ARTIST UNKNOWN (20th Century) Shield 1991 ochres and synthetic polymer paint on carved wood 70 × 22cm PROVENANCE: Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu cat. no. C118/91 (label verso) The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991 $1,200 – 1,800

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Western Desert (Papunya) The Central Australian government settlement of Papunya, 240km west of Alice Springs, was established in the late 1950s to advance the assimilation of ‘bush’ Aborigines and accommodate the increasing populations of people in the already settled Aboriginal communities and reserves.

Papunya holds an almost mythical status as the genesis of Australia’s Western Desert art movement. Born from legendary beginnings in a unique time and place, Papunya is where a group of Pintupi men started painting on salvaged materials and revealed their cultural strength to the rest of the discordant settlement and broader world. First publicly displayed on the wall of the Papunya School, the men proceeded to outline the foundations that would develop the central idea of the Papunya movement. This legacy continues in Papunya Tula Artists’ strength, diversity, and innovation.

45 JOHNNY WARANGKULA TJUPURRULA (c.1920–2001) Painted Parrying Shield c.1978 synthetic polymer paint on carved beanwood 87 × 8.5cm PROVENANCE: Created in Papunya, Northern Territory c.1978 Collected by a missionary worker in Alice Springs, c.1978–80 James R. Lawson Pty. Ltd., Tribal Art Sale, Sydney, 22 February 1999 The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America EXHIBITIONS: G’Day LA: Australia Week, in partnership with the Australian Consulate Los Angeles, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, California, 15–25 January 2004 Dreaming in Color: Aboriginal Art from Balgo, The Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California, 29 April – 12 August 2007 $1,200 – 1,800 46 CHARLIE TAWARA TJUNGURRAYI (c.1925–1999) Frog Dreaming 1979 synthetic polymer paint on masonite inscribed on backing verso: Geoff Bardon 63 × 55cm PROVENANCE: Geoffrey Bardon, Northern Territory Andrew Crocker, Manager of Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1981 EXHIBITIONS: Abstract Reality: Australian Dreamtime Art, Modern Museum of Art, Santa Ana, California, 17 January – 16 April 1989 $4,000 – 6,000

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47 ANATJARI TJAKAMARRA (c.1930–1992) Snake Dreaming at Kantawarrany 1978 synthetic polymer paint on canvasboard 60.9 × 45.7cm PROVENANCE: The Collection of Ken Colbung c.1978 Mary Macha, Perth The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1993 $8,000 – 12,000 48 PADDY CARROLL TJUNGURRAYI (c.1932–2002) Budgerigar Corroboree Dreaming 1979 synthetic polymer paint on linen 165 × 48cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs cat. no. PC791219 Mary Macha, Perth The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1993 EXHIBITIONS: The Evolving Dreamtime: Contemporary Art

by Indigenous Australians – Part I, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 3 August 1994 – 22 January 1995 G’Day LA: Australia Week, in partnership with the Australian Consulate Los Angeles, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, California, 15–25 January 2004 $12,000 – 18,000 49 LIMPI PUTUNGKA TJAPANGATI (1930–1985) Snake Dreaming 1979 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. LJ790127 and unknown cat. no. PA-30 WANII 168 × 48cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs Aboriginal Arts and Crafts Pty. Ltd., Sydney The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1980 EXHIBITIONS: Past and Present Art of the Australian Aborigines, from The Kelton Foundation Collection, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 24 September 1980 – 4 January 1981 Dreamtime: Art of the Australian Aborigine, Part I Land and Tradition, California State University, Northridge, California, 12 September – 14 October 1988 Abstract Reality: Australian Dreamtime Art, Modern Museum of Art, Santa Ana, California, 17 January – 16 April 1989 $12,000 – 18,000

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50 TURKEY TOLSON TJUPURRULA (1938–2001) Munni Munni Ceremony at Wilkinkarra 1977 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. TT77341 164.5 × 49.5cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs Aboriginal Arts and Crafts Pty. Ltd., Sydney The Collection of Ramona Mann The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1979 EXHIBITIONS: Past and Present Art of the Australian Aborigines, from The Kelton Foundation Collection, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 24 September 1980 – 4 January 1981 $20,000 – 30,000 50 © Turkey Tolson Tjupurulla/Copyright Agency 2022

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51 TIM LEURA TJAPALTJARRI (c.1929–1984) Grandfather’s Black Hill 1976 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name, Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. TL761133 and Avant Galleries cat. no. 165 164 × 48cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs Avant Galleries, Melbourne The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1994 $20,000 – 30,000

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52 RAY INKAMALA TJAMPITJINPA (c.1920–1989) Storm at Kalipinpa 1979 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name, Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. RI790534 and unknown cat. no. PA-30 WGLII 168 × 52cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs Aboriginal Arts and Crafts Pty. Ltd., Sydney The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1980 EXHIBITIONS: Past and Present Art of the Australian Aborigines, from The Kelton Foundation Collection, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 24 September 1980 –4 January 1981, Dreamtime: Art of the Australian Aborigine, Part I Land and Tradition, California State University, Northridge, California, 12 September – 14 October 1988 Abstract Reality: Australian Dreamtime Art, Modern Museum of Art, Santa Ana, California, 17 January – 16 April 1989 The Evolving Dreamtime: Contemporary Art by Indigenous Australians – Part I, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 3 August 1994 – 22 January 1995, cat. no. 11 $12,000 – 18,000 53 DINNY NOLAN TJAMPITJINPA (born c.1935) Walapunpa Water Dreaming 1978 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with Papunya Tula Artists cat. no.

DN780708 179 × 109cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs Collector’s Gallery of Aboriginal Art and Crafts Pty. Ltd., Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1997 EXHIBITIONS: Past and Present Art of the Australian Aborigines, from The Kelton Foundation Collection, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 24 September 1980 – 4 January 1981 Dreamtime: Art of the Australian Aborigine, Part I Land and Tradition, California State University, Northridge, California, 12 September – 14 October 1988 Abstract Reality: Australian Dreamtime Art, Modern Museum of Art, Santa Ana, California, 17 January – 16 April 1989 Awake to the Dreamtime: Australian Aboriginal Art, San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego, California, 19 February – 24 May 1993 The Evolving Dreamtime: Contemporary Art by Indigenous Australians – Part I, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 3 August 1994 – 22 January 1995 $6,000 – 8,000 52 © Ray Inkamala Tjampitjinpa/Copyright Agency 2022

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54 OLD MICK WALLANKARRI TJAKAMARRA (c.1905–1996) Honey Ant Dreaming 1981 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. OM810125 116 × 71cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs Aboriginal Artists Agency, Sydney The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1981 EXHIBITIONS: Abstract Reality: Australian Dreamtime Art, Modern Museum of Art, Santa Ana, California, 17 January – 16 April 1989 $6,000 – 8,000 55 PADDY CARROLL TJUNGURRAYI (c.1927–2002) Kuditchi Ground Design 1980 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. PC801201 and unknown cat.no. PT-30 WAOGI 105 × 50cm

58 © Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri/Copyright Agency 2022

PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs Aboriginal Arts and Crafts Pty. Ltd., Sydney The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1981 EXHIBITIONS: Abstract Reality: Australian Dreamtime Art, Modern Museum of Art, Santa Ana, California, 17 January – 16 April 1989 $3,000 – 5,000 56 TURKEY TOLSON TJUPURRULA (1938–2001) Spinifex Country (Tingari Corroboree) 1973 synthetic polymer paint on canvasboard inscribed on backing verso with artist’s name and Avant Galleries cat. no. 25 71 × 56cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs cat. no. TT73163 Avant Galleries, Melbourne The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1994 $2,500 – 3,500

57 JIMMY LAWRENCE (20th Century) Two Fellows Sit & Cook, Two Women Sit & Cook 1979 synthetic polymer paint on composition board 61 × 43cm PROVENANCE: Andrew Crocker, Manager of Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1981 EXHIBITIONS: Abstract Reality: Australian Dreamtime Art, Modern Museum of Art, Santa Ana, California, 17 January – 16 April 1989 $800 – 1,200

58 BILLY STOCKMAN TJAPALTJARRI (1927–2015) Bush Potato (Yam) Dreaming at Ilpitirri 1973 synthetic polymer paint on canvasboard artist’s name inscribed on backing verso 55.5 × 66cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs cat. no.

BS730501A Avant Galleries, Melbourne The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991 $2,000 – 3,000

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59 JACK ROSS JAKAMARRA (born c.1925) Ngama Snake Body Design 1980 synthetic polymer paint on canvasboard 71 × 55cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1981 EXHIBITIONS: Abstract Reality: Australian Dreamtime Art, Modern Museum of Art, Santa Ana, California, 17 January – 16 April 1989 $2,000 – 4,000

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60 TWO BOB TJUNGARRAYI (c.1938–2000) Young Boys’ Initiation 1987 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name, Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. TB870293 and Avant Galleries cat. no. 257 152 × 152cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs Avant Galleries, Melbourne The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1994 $4,000 – 6,000

61 GEORGE BUSH TJANGALA (c.1940–1997) Honey Ants at Ngalu 1980 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with Papunya Tula Artists cat. no.

GB800936 and PT 3001061 127 × 96cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs Aboriginal Arts and Crafts Pty. Ltd., Sydney The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1981 EXHIBITIONS: Dreamtime: Art of the Australian Aborigine, Part I Land and Tradition, California State University, Northridge, California, 12 September – 14 October 1988 Abstract Reality: Australian Dreamtime Art, Modern Museum of Art, Santa Ana, California, 17 January – 16 April 1989 Awake to the Dreamtime: Australian Aboriginal Art, San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego, California, 19 February – 24 May 1993 $1,000 – 1,500

62 TURKEY TOLSON TJUPURRULA (1938–2001) Honey Ant Dreaming at Papunya 1977 synthetic polymer paint on canvasboard inscribed on backing verso with artist’s name, date and Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. TT77513A 59 × 44cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs Avant Galleries, Melbourne The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991 $2,000 – 3,000 63 MICK NAMARARI TJAPALTJARRI (c.1926–1998) Ipalu of Silky Pear Dreaming at Tjuturrangunynga 1979 synthetic polymer paint on board inscribed on backing verso with artist’s name, date and Avant Galleries cat. no. 505 51 × 41cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs cat. no. MN790505A Avant Galleries, Melbourne The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1994 $3,000 – 5,000

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64 KAAPA MBITJANA TJAMPITJINPA (1926–1989) Warlukurlangu, Site of the Blue Tongue Lizard Man’s Fire c.1978 synthetic polymer paint on canvasboard inscribed verso with artist’s name, title and date 60.9 × 45.7cm PROVENANCE: The Collection of Ken Colbung Mary Macha, Perth The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1993 $3,000 – 5,000 65 TOBY BROWN TJAMPITJINPA (c.1920–1986) Kangaroo and Emu Dreaming at Anumba 1976 synthetic polymer paint on board 60 × 92cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs cat. no. TB76428 The Collection of Tim and Vivien Johnson, Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991 $1,200 – 1,800

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68 GEORGE YAPA TJANGALA (born c.1945) Red Kangaroo at Ulambara 1982 synthetic polymer paint on sheet metal 43 × 57cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs cat. no. GT820825 Sotheby’s, Melbourne, Important Aboriginal Art, 29 June 1998, lot 333 The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America $800 – 1,200 69 JACK ROSS JAKAMARRA (born c.1925) Ngama Snake Sand Design 1980 synthetic polymer paint on canvasboard inscribed on backing verso with Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. RJ800321 81 × 60cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1998 EXHIBITIONS: Abstract Reality: Australian Dreamtime Art, Modern Museum of Art, Santa Ana, California, 17 January – 16 April 1989 $1,200 – 1,800 70 UTA UTA TJANGALA (with sons) (c.1926–1990) The Crow at Muyinga 1987 synthetic polymer paint on canvasboard inscribed verso with artist’s name and Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. UU870253 and unknown cat. no. P655 45.5 × 38cm

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66 CHARLIE EGALIE TJAPALTJARRI (1940–2002) Women’s Pattern 1974 synthetic polymer paint on composition board 20 × 60cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs cat. no. CE74070 The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1981 EXHIBITIONS: Abstract Reality: Australian Dreamtime Art, Modern Museum of Art, Santa Ana, California, 17 January – 16 April 1989 $1,500 – 2,500

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67 BILLY STOCKMAN TJAPALTJARRI (1927–2015) Snake Dreaming 1974 synthetic polymer paint on canvasboard inscribed verso with artist’s name and date (concealed) inscribed on backing verso with artist’s name, date and Avant Galleries cat. no. 128 49 × 59cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs cat. no. BS740128 Avant Galleries, Melbourne The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1994 $2,000 – 3,000

PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs The Collection of John Keane, South Australia Sotheby’s, Melbourne, Aboriginal Art, 26 July 2004, lot 495 The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America $2,000 – 4,000 71 SANDY WILLY (born c.1944) Two Traveling Women 1990 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name, Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. SW900776 and unknown cat. no. P-813211 92 × 92cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs Jukurrpa Aboriginal Art, Mullumbimby The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991 $1,200 – 1,800

72 TWO BOB TJUNGARRAYI (c.1938–2000) Yundurgunyu (Carpet Snake) at Kunatjarrayi 1982 synthetic polymer paint on linen 127 × 81cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs cat. no.

TB820544 The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America EXHIBITIONS: Dreamtime: Art of the Australian Aborigine, Part I Land and Tradition, California State University, Northridge, California, 12 September – 14 October 1988 Abstract Reality: Australian Dreamtime Art, Modern Museum of Art, Santa Ana, California, 17 January – 16 April 1989 Awake to the Dreamtime: Australian Aboriginal Art, San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego, California, 19 February – 24 May 1993 The Evolving Dreamtime: Contemporary Art by Indigenous Australians –Part I, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 3 August 1994 – 22 January 1995 LITERATURE: Isaacs, J., Australia’s Living Heritage, Landsdowne Press, Sydney 1984, p.217 (illus.) $2,000 – 3,000 73 CHARLIE TAWARA TJUNGURRAYI (c.1925–1999) Bandicoot Dreaming at Tjiturrunga 1985 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name, title, Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. CT851242, and Avant Galleries cat. no. 9 92 × 122cm

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PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs Avant Galleries, Melbourne The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1994 $7,000 – 10,000 74 GEORGE TJANGALA (born c.1945) Kupi Kupi (Whirlwind) Dreaming 1986 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name, title, date, Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. GT860608 and Avant Galleries cat. no. 652 75 × 121cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs Avant Galleries, Melbourne The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1994 $1,200 – 1,800

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75 MICHAEL NELSON TJAKAMARRA (c.1946–2020) Possum Dreaming at Tjanalkulangu 1983 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. MN831105, and unknown cat. no. 813140 91 × 91cm

76 JOSEPH JURRA TJAPALTJARRI (born c.1952) Two Women at Patjinya 1989 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. JJ891057 152 × 122cm

PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991 $3,000 – 5,000

PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs Utopia Gallery, Sydney The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1993 EXHIBITIONS: The Evolving Dreamtime: Contemporary Art by Indigenous Australians – Part I, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 3 August 1994 – 22 January 1995 $12,000 – 18,000

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77 KAAPA MBITJANA TJAMPITJINPA (1926–1989) Sweet Potato (Yala) Dreaming 1979 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name, date, Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. K790520 and Avant Galleries cat. no. 635 60 × 92cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs Avant Galleries, Melbourne The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1994 $4,000 – 6,000

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78 WENTEN RUBUNTJA (1926–2005) Bicentenary Aboriginal Dreaming, Emu Dreaming 1987 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. WR87608 and Avant Galleries cat. no. 242 182.5 × 275cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs Avant Galleries, Melbourne The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1994 EXHIBITIONS: G’Day LA: Australia Week, in partnership with the Australian Consulate Los Angeles, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, California, 15–25 January 2004 $3,000 – 5,000

79 KAAPA MBITJANA TJAMPITJINPA (1926–1989) Yala (Wild Potato) Dreaming at Warlukurlangu 1987 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. K871048 and unknown cat. no. 821424.V 91 × 60cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs The Christensen Fund, San Francisco, cat. no. CC06769 (label verso) Sotheby’s, Melbourne, Fine Aboriginal and Contemporary Art, 17 June 1996, lot 336 The Kelton Foundation, United States of America $2,500 – 3,500

80 ALISON ANDERSON NAMPITJINPA (born 1958) Witchetty Grub Dreaming 1988 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 121 × 91cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs cat. no. AA881289 CAZ Gallery, Los Angeles The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1990 $1,500 – 2,000

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81 PANSY NAPANGARDI (born c.1945) Kungka Kutjara (Two Women) at Winpirri Rockhole 1991 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name, Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. PN910619, and unknown cat. no. 813140.E 135 × 90cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991 EXHIBITIONS: The Australian Consulate, Los Angeles, California, 8 May 2007– 8 May 2009 $4,000 – 6,000

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82 MICHAEL NELSON TJAKAMARRA (c.1946–2020) Wallaby and Possum at Kuyukulangu in a Storm 1989 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. MN891125 183 × 122cm

83 DON TJUNGURRAYI (20th Century) Kangaroo’s Journey 1982 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. DT820630 109 × 106cm

PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991

PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs Art of Man Gallery, Melbourne The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired c.1982

EXHIBITIONS: Awake to the Dreamtime: Australian Aboriginal Art, San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego, California, 19 February – 24 May 1993 The Australian Consulate, Los Angeles, California, 1996–1999 $3,000 – 5,000

EXHIBITIONS: Dreamtime: Art of the Australian Aborigine, Part I Land and Tradition, California State University, Northridge, California, 12 September – 14 October 1988 Abstract Reality: Australian Dreamtime Art, Modern Museum of Art, Santa Ana, California, 17 January – 16 April 1989 $800 – 1,200

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84 MERVYN RUBUNTJA (born 1958) Hairy Caterpillar Dreaming 1991 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with title and date 91 × 122cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs cat. no. MR911003A Avant Galleries, Melbourne The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1994 $800 – 1,200

85 ANDREW BULLIN TJAPANGATI (20th Century) Flying Ants and Two Kangaroos Dreaming 1981 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed on backing verso with Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. AB811210 97.5 × 132cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs Art of Man Gallery, Melbourne The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America EXHIBITIONS: Abstract Reality: Australian Dreamtime Art, Modern Museum of Art, Santa Ana, California, 17 January – 16 April 1989 $800 – 1,200

86 ALISON ANDERSON NAMPITJINPA (born 1958) Emu Dreaming 1988 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 120 × 86cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs (with a certification from Dorothy Bennett dated 1989) CAZ Gallery, Los Angeles The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1989 EXHIBITIONS: Awake to the Dreamtime: Australian Aboriginal Art, San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego, California, 19 February – 24 May 1993 The Evolving Dreamtime: Contemporary Art by Indigenous Australians – Part I, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 3 August 1994 – 22 January 1995 $1,500 – 2,000

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87 YUMPULULU TJUNGURRAYI (c.1930–1998) Tingari Celebration at Keretie 1980 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 91 × 61cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs cat. no. Y800752 Aboriginal Arts and Crafts Pty. Ltd., Sydney The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1981 EXHIBITIONS: Abstract Reality: Australian Dreamtime Art, Modern Museum of Art, Santa Ana, California, 17 January – 16 April 1989 $3,000 – 5,000

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88 GINGER TJAKAMARRA (born c.1945) Old Women of Muruntji 1988 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. GT8804126 76 × 60cm

89 TURKEY TOLSON TJUPURRULA (1938–2001) Munni Munni Dreaming 1992 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Papunya Tula Artists cat. no TT921244 91 × 91cm

PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs CAZ Gallery, Los Angeles The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1990 $800 – 1,200

PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs Gallerie Australis, Adelaide The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1993 EXHIBITIONS: The Evolving Dreamtime: Contemporary Art by Indigenous Australians – Part I, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 3 August 1994 – 22 January 1995 $4,000 – 6,000

90 RILEY MAJOR TJANGALA (born c.1945) Cave at Muruntji Country 1986 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name, Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. RM860409 and Avant Galleries cat. no. 194 182.5 × 120.5cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs Avant Galleries, Melbourne Sotheby’s, Melbourne, Contemporary and Aboriginal Art, 18 June 1995, lot 456 The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America $1,200 – 1,800 91 TURKEY TOLSON TJUPURRULA (1938–2001) Straightening Spears at Ilyingaugau 1991 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. TT910505 130 × 102cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs Sotheby’s, Melbourne, Important Aboriginal Art, 29 June 1998, lot 133 The Kelton Foundation, United States of America $4,000 – 6,000 92 GEORGE WARD TJUNGURRAYI (born c.1945) Tingari Men at Kaakuratintja (Lake MacDondald) 2006 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. GW0610168 122 × 122cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 2007 $6,000 – 8,000 93 JOSEPH JURRA TJAPALTJARRI (born c.1952) Tingari Men at Rockhole Site of Tarkulnga 1997 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. JJ9701114 153 × 122cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1997 $6,000 – 8,000 94 © Kanya Tjapangati/Copyright Agency 2022

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94 KANYA TJAPANGATI (born c.1951) A Tingari Story 1994 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. KT941132 165 × 61cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1997 EXHIBITIONS: The Australian Consulate, Los Angeles, California, 22 August 2003 to 31 August 2006 $5,000 – 7,000

95 EILEEN NAPALJARRI (born 1956) Ancestral Journey from Tjiturrulpa Soakage to Illpilli 2007 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. EN0704110 137 × 122cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 2007 EXHIBITIONS: The Painted Song, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, California, 17 August – 25 October 2010 The Australian Consulate, Los Angeles, California, 2014–2019 $4,000 – 6,000

96 WALALA TJAPALTJARRI (born c.1962) Tingari Cycle 1998 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Gallery Gondwana cat. no. WT2630 152 × 122cm PROVENANCE: Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs (stamp verso) Coo-ee Aboriginal Art, Sydney The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1998 $2,000 – 3,000 97 CHARLIE TJAPANGATI (born c.1949) Tingari Men at Palipalintjanya 2004 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. CT0409168 61 × 153cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 2007 $2,500 – 3,500

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98 WALANGKURA NAPANANGKA (born c.1946) Women’s Ceremony at Rockhole Site of Wirulnga 1997 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Papunya Tula Artists cat. no. WN9707137 122 × 122cm PROVENANCE: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1997 $6,000 – 8,000 99 LINDA TJUNGKAYA SYDDICK NAPALTJARRI (born c.1937) Last Supper 1991 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with Gallery Gondwana cat. no. 545 127 × 157cm PROVENANCE: Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs (stamp verso) The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991 EXHIBITIONS: The Australian Consulate, Los Angeles, California, 2006 $3,000 – 5,000

100 LINDA TJUNGKAYA SYDDICK NAPALTJARRI (born c.1937) Christ Triptych 1991 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 130 × 258cm PROVENANCE: Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs cat. no. 581 The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1992 EXHIBITIONS: Awake to the Dreamtime: Australian Aboriginal Art, San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego, California, 19 February – 24 May 1993 The Evolving Dreamtime: Contemporary Art by Indigenous Australians – Part I, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 3 August 1994 – 22 January 1995 $7,000 – 10,000 101 LINDA TJUNGKAYA SYDDICK NAPALTJARRI (born c.1937) Ascension 1991 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Gallery Gondwana cat. no. 2127 135 × 132cm PROVENANCE: Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs (stamp verso) The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1997 $3,000 – 5,000

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Central Arnhem Land - Milingimbi The island community of Milingimbi is located off the Arnhem Land coast, around 400km east of Darwin. The community has a diverse culture influenced by long term contact with Sulawesi, one of the four Greater Sunda Islands of Indonesia and the coming together of over twelve clans from both the mainland and ‘salt water’ country of the Crocodile Islands.

In Yolŋu culture, the land, sea, ceremony, songs and material art production are all intertwined and strictly clan-based. The ritually repeated symbols expressing these connections are evidence of the artists’ clan identity and are found in bark paintings, ceremonial poles and carvings. Artwork from Milingimbi has been vigorously collected since the 1920s when the first Methodist missionaries arrived. By the 1960s, the centre was a leader in establishing the market for traditional Yolŋu Art.

102 DAVID MALANGI DAYMIRRINGU (1927–1999) Mirramina (Sacred Waterhole) 1975 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark inscribed on backing verso with Avant Galleries cat. no. 464 and unknown cat. no. P21-6-88 79.5 × 51.5cm PROVENANCE: Created in Central Arnhem Land, 1975 Avant Galleries, Melbourne Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 17 June 1996, lot 285 The Kelton Foundation, United States of America $5,000 – 7,000

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103 DJIMBURRBURR LIAGALAWUMIRRI (20th Century) Body Design 1977 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark artist’s name and cat. no. S/ONWI on label verso 82.5 × 29cm

104 DAVID MALANGI DAYMIRRINGU (1927–1999) Buwata Bustard 1969 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark inscribed verso with artist’s name and unknown cat. no. AS15 48 × 81cm

105 DAVID MALANGI DAYMIRRINGU (1927–1999) The Snake That Bit Gunmirringu 1969 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark inscribed verso with artist’s name and unknown cat. no. CT170 56 × 83cm

PROVENANCE: The Collection of Ian Primrose, Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1983

PROVENANCE: Collected in Australia in 1970 Gifted to Caleb Brewster, San Francisco The Aboriginal Art Collector, Jupiter, Florida The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1995 $3,000 – 5,000

PROVENANCE: Collected in Australia in 1970 Gifted to Caleb Brewster, San Francisco The Aboriginal Art Collector, Jupiter, Florida The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1995

EXHIBITIONS: Dreamtime: Art of the Australian Aborigine, Part I Land and Tradition, California State University, Northridge, California, 12 September – 14 October 1988 Abstract Reality: Australian Dreamtime Art, Modern Museum of Art, Santa Ana, California, 17 January – 16 April 1989 The Evolving Dreamtime: Contemporary Art by Indigenous Australians – Part II, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 15 March – 21 May 1995 $700 – 1,000

EXHIBITIONS: The Evolving Dreamtime: Contemporary Art by Indigenous Australians – Part II, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 15 March – 21 May 1995 $3,000 – 5,000

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106 MICK MAGANI (c.1920–1984) Log Coffin with Cuttlefish and Swordfish Designs 1977 natural earth pigments on carved eucalyptus 101.5 × 15cm PROVENANCE: Aboriginal Arts and Crafts Pty. Ltd., Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1979 $5,000 – 7,000 107 LIWUKANG / LIWIKAN (20th Century) Squid and Turtle Dreaming c.1965 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark inscribed verso with artist’s name and Avant Galleries cat. no. A-7 65 × 40cm PROVENANCE: Avant Galleries, Melbourne The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991 EXHIBITIONS: Awake to the Dreamtime: Australian Aboriginal Art, San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego, California, 19 February – 24 May 1993 The Evolving Dreamtime: Contemporary Art by Indigenous Australians – Part II, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 15 March – 21 May 1995 $800 – 1,200 108 ATTRIBUTED TO BUNGAWUY DJALAMBU (20th Century) Sacred Totems c.1963 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark artist’s name and title on label verso 71 × 43cm PROVENANCE: The Collection of Dorothy Bennett, Northern Territory c.1963 Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 30 June 1997, lot 132 (label verso) The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America $3,000 – 5,000

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109 MALGURDA (20th Century) Marine Creatures c.1965 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark inscribed on backing verso with unknown cat. no. 5337.2 45 × 87cm PROVENANCE: Acquired in Perth, c.1965 Taylor A. Dale, Santa Fe, New Mexico The Kelton Foundation, United States of America acquired 1999 $2,000 – 3,000

110 DAVID MALANGI DAYMIRRINGU (1927–1999) The Hunter 1965 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark 49 × 39cm PROVENANCE: Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 9 November 1998, lot 241 The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America $2,000 – 3,000

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Northeast Arnhem Land (Yirrkala) The art of the Yirrkala region has captivated audiences since the township was founded as a mission in 1935. The sacred art of this region details the spiritual dynamism behind the ongoing Creation and continuing identity of the fresh and saltwater Country of North-East Arnhem Land. The emerging art from Yirrkala in the mid-1950s is a catalyst in the non-Aboriginal art world’s realisation that First Nations Australian art is a unique and profound independent art tradition – the equal of any other global form.

Yirrkala is also the home of land rights. Its artists were amongst the first Indigenous Australians to recognise the potential use of visual art as a political tool and put this into practice with the historic Yirrkala Church Panels and Yirrkala Bark Petition dating from 1963.

111 ATTRIBUTED TO NARRITJIN MAYMURU (c.1916–1981) Mokuy Spirit Figure c.1950 natural earth pigments on carved soft wood 36 × 9cm PROVENANCE: Created in the Yirrkala, Northeast Arnhem Land c.1950 The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America EXHIBITIONS: The Evolving Dreamtime: Contemporary Art by Indigenous Australians – Part II, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 15 March – 21 May 1995 $3,000 – 5,000 112 WANDJUK MARIKA (c.1930–1987) The Djanggawul Legend 1967 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark inscribed verso with artist’s name and Avant Galleries cat. no. A33 96 × 53.5cm PROVENANCE: Avant Galleries, Melbourne The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991 $5,000 – 7,000

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113 NARRITJIN MAYMURU (c.1916–1981) Sacred Dead Tree Log Rangga 1980 natural earth pigments on bark artist’s name inscribed verso artist’s name and cat. no. S/44b/611 on label verso 119 × 49cm PROVENANCE: The Collection of Ian Primrose, Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1983 EXHIBITIONS: Dreamtime: Art of the Australian Aborigine, Part I Land and Tradition, California State University, Northridge, California, 12 September – 24 October 1988 $2,500 – 3,500 114 GALUMA MAYMURU (1951–2018) Mud Crab (Gunguan) 1988 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark artist’s name and title on Yirrkala Arts and Crafts label verso inscribed verso with unknown cat. no.’s W2159 and S4320 94 × 30cm PROVENANCE: Yirrkala Arts and Crafts, Yirrkala (label verso) Aboriginal Heritage Gallery, Darwin The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991 $1,200 – 1,800 115 MILIRRPUM MARIKA (c.1923–1983) Log Coffin with Morning Star Ceremony Designs 1974 natural earth pigments on carved eucalyptus 101 × 14cm PROVENANCE: Aboriginal Arts and Crafts Pty. Ltd., Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1979 EXHIBITIONS: The Evolving Dreamtime: Contemporary Art by Indigenous Australians – Part II, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 15 March – 21 May 1995 $2,000 – 3,000 112 © Wandjuk Marika/Copyright Agency 2022

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118 © Dhuwarrwarr Marika/Copyright Agency 2022 118 DHUWARRWARR MARIKA (born 1945) Milngurr 2007 natural earth pigments on bark inscribed verso with artist’s name and Buku-Larrngay Mulka Art Centre cat. no. 3156S / 0507YIR 67 × 75cm

120 BOLINY WANAMBI (born c.1957) Marrakulu Monuk 2007 natural earth pigments on bark inscribed verso with Buku-Larrngay Mulka Art Centre cat. no. 3164E 190 × 56cm

PROVENANCE: Buku-Larrngay Mulka Art Centre, Yirrkala The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 2007 $4,000 – 6,000

PROVENANCE: Buku-Larrngay Mulka Art Centre, Yirrkala The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 2007 $4,000 – 6,000

119 BINGITJ NGURRUWUTHUN (20th Century) Mundukal at Mawundji 2007 natural earth pigments on bark artist’s name and Buku-Larrngay Mulka Art Centre cat. no. 3154J on label verso 49 × 113cm

121 BANDUK MARIKA (1954–2021) Rulyapa 2007 natural earth pigments on bark inscribed verso with Buku-Larrngay Mulka Art Centre cat. no. 3164A 60 × 91cm

PROVENANCE: Buku-Larrngay Mulka Art Centre, Yirrkala The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 2007 $2,000 – 3,000

PROVENANCE: Buku-Larrngay Mulka Art Centre, Yirrkala The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 2007 $1,800 – 2,500

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122 ATTRIBUTED TO LEO MELPI (born c.1940) Ancestral Beings in Flowing Water 1962 natural earth pigments on bark artist’s name and title on unknown label verso 39 × 76cm PROVENANCE: Created in Port Keats (Wadeye) 1962 Avant Galleries, Melbourne The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991 $1,800 – 2,500 123 ATTRIBUTED TO OLD NEMELOK (NEMARLUK) YAMBUNHI (20th Century) Totemic Goanna (Ku Yagurr) 1964 natural earth pigments on bark inscribed verso with Avant Galleries cat. no. 557 and unknown cat. no. 25/45 82 × 39cm PROVENANCE: Created in Port Keats (Wadeye) 1964 Avant Galleries, Melbourne The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1994 $3,000 – 5,000 124 LARRY WARNIK (20th Century) Bush Waterholes 1974 natural ochres on bark inscribed verso with artist’s name and title 67 × 27cm PROVENANCE: Created in Port Keats (Wadeye) 1974 James R. Lawson Pty. Ltd., Sydney, 22 February 1999, lot 381 The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America $800 – 1,200

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Hermannsburg Located 125km west of Alice Springs, in Central Australia, Hermannsburg was founded

by Lutheran missionaries in 1877, yet the Western Arrernte people have lived in this region for thousands of years. In 1930, Hermannsburg saw a significant change of direction for First Nations Australian art after Albert Namatjira began his distinctive style following seeing an exhibition by travelling artists to the mission.

Namatjira’s creative outpouring of delicate and instinctive watercolours of his Country gave rise to a continuing ‘school’ of artists among his Western Arrernte relatives and other Arrernte people. Although its beginnings were bound in a heritage surpassed as tourist fodder, it has been a gift that sparked the representation of the land from the perspective of First Nations people. The detailed figurative renderings of the desert captured by Namatjira continue to transform through his successors, referencing the ‘invisible’ acts of ancestral travels and the Dreaming.

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125 ALBERT NAMATJIRA (1902–1959) Untitled (Landscape with Mount Sonder and Gum Tree) c.1955 watercolour on woomera signed lower right: ALBERT NAMATJIRA 15.5 × 40cm PROVENANCE: Shapiro Auctioneers, Modern + Contemporary Art, Sydney, 10 June 2003, lot 126 The Kelton Foundation, United States of America $7,000 – 10,000

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126 KEITH NAMATJIRA (1937–1977) Red River Gums 1960 watercolour on fashion board signed lower right: Keith Namatjira 33 × 49.7cm

127 OTTO PAREROULTJA (1914–1973) Rock Pool in the James Range 1964 watercolour on paper signed lower right: Otto Pareroultja 34 × 52cm

PROVENANCE: Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991

PROVENANCE: Battarbee Tmara-Mara Galleries, Alice Springs (stamp verso) Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991

EXHIBITIONS: Survey of Aboriginal Art – The Hermannsburg Watercolourists 1938 –1988, Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney, 1 – 29 June 1989 $1,000 – 1,500

EXHIBITIONS: Survey of Aboriginal Art – The Hermannsburg Watercolourists 1938 –1988, Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney, 1 – 29 June 1989 $3,000 – 5,000

128 ATHANASIUS TITUS RENKARAKA (1944–1989) Mount Gillen Beyond Ghost Gum and Ironwood Trees 1964 watercolour on fashion board signed lower left: ATHANASIUS RENKARAKA 33 × 49cm PROVENANCE: Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991 EXHIBITIONS: Survey of Aboriginal Art – The Hermannsburg Watercolourists 1938 –1988, Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney, 1 – 29 June 1989 $600 – 800

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129 © Richard Moketarinja /Copyright Agency 2022 129 RICHARD MOKETARINJA (1918–1983) Central Australian Landscape 1955 watercolour on board signed lower left: Richard Moketarinja 48 × 74cm

131 REGGIE NAMATJIRA (born c.1946) Ironwood and Mulgas 1970 watercolour on fashion board signed lower right: REggiE NAMATJiRA 24 × 34.5cm

133 HERBERT RABERABA (1920–1980) The Red Centre 1965 watercolour on fashion board signed lower left: Herbert Raberaba 24.5 × 36.3 cm

PROVENANCE: Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991

PROVENANCE: Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991

PROVENANCE: Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991

EXHIBITIONS: Survey of Aboriginal Art – The Hermannsburg Watercolourists 1938 – 1988, Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney, 1 – 29 June 1989 $3,000 – 5,000

EXHIBITIONS: Survey of Aboriginal Art – The Hermannsburg Watercolourists 1938 –1988, Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney, 1 – 29 June 1989 $300 – 500

EXHIBITIONS: Survey of Aboriginal Art – The Hermannsburg Watercolourists 1938 –1988, Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney, 1 – 29 June 1989 $500 – 700

130 WENTEN RUBUNTJA (1926–2005) McDonnell Ranges 1981 watercolour on paper signed lower left: WENTEN RUBUNTJA 52.5 × 36cm

132 HENOCH RABERABA (1914–1975) Gap Near Alice Springs 1960 watercolour on paper signed lower left: Henoch Raberaba 35.5 × 46cm

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PROVENANCE: Avant Galleries, Melbourne (label verso) The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1994 $2,000 – 3,000

PROVENANCE: Hogarth Galleries, Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991 $700 – 1,000

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134 ARTIST UNKNOWN (20th Century) Ernabella Wool Rug 1970 hand woven vegetable dyed wool 190 × 120cm PROVENANCE: Gallerie Australis, Adelaide The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1995 $300 – 500

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Yuendumu Yuendumu is located 290km northwest of Alice Springs along the Tanami Highway, which branches off the Stuart Highway 25 km north of Alice Springs. Due to its proximity, the Papunya painting movement was closely observed by senior Warlpiri of the region when it emerged in the early 1970s. While the men at Papunya publicly experimented with their early designs on temporary and transient surfaces, the Warlpiri took time to consider their relationship to art and to consider who among themselves, including women, might take part in the reformulation of traditional forms for the European market.

Since the late 1980s, Yuendumu has been celebrated for its bright colours and intricate designs. Unlike the formal work of Papunya Tula Artists, who decided to restrict their palette to ochre like colours, Yuendumu painters have always embraced vivid acrylic hues to depict the power of their Dreaming stories.

135 PADDY NELSON TJUPURRULA (c.1920–1999) Kangaroo Ancestors 1990 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation cat. no. 124/90 152 × 91cm

137 PADDY NELSON TJUPURRULA (c.1920–1999) Water (Ngapa) Dreaming at Waturlpunyu 1988 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation cat. no. 219/88 90 × 60cm

PROVENANCE: Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, Yuendumu Jukurrpa Aboriginal Art, Mullumbimby The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1990 $5,000 – 7,000

PROVENANCE: Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, Yuendumu Jukurrpa Aboriginal Art, Mullumbimby The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1990 $3,500 – 5,500

136 LARRY SPENCER JUNGARRAYI (1919–1990) Wati (Men’s) Dreaming at Yarripilangu 1989 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and unknown cat. no. TT-813145 and Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation cat. no. 374/89 on stretcher bar verso 152 × 91cm

138 PADDY SIMS TJAPALTJARRI (c.1917–2010) Women’s Dreaming of Witchety Grub Brothers Fight 1987 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation cat. no. 288/87 121 × 91cm

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139 SHEILA BROWN NAPALJARRI (c.1940–2003) Snake Vine Dreaming (Ngaliyipi) 1991 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation cat. no. 93/91 and unknown cat. no. HH-813144 122 × 122cm PROVENANCE: Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, Yuendumu The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991 EXHIBITIONS: The Evolving Dreamtime: Contemporary Art by Indigenous Australians – Part I, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 3 August 1994 – 22 January 1995 $1,200 – 1,800 140 PADDY SIMS TJAPALTJARRI AND BESSIE NAKAMARRA SIMS (c.1917–2010; 1932–2012) Bush Carrot, Possum & Snake Dreaming 1992 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artists’ names and Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation cat. no. 230/92 230 × 92cm PROVENANCE: Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, Yuendumu The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1993 $4,000 – 5,000 141 JACK ROSS JAKAMARRA (born c.1925) Flying Ant (Panapardu) Dreaming 1997 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation cat. no. 34/97 127 × 66cm 140 © Paddy Sims Tjapaltjarri and Bessie Nakamarra Sims/Copyright Agency 2022

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PROVENANCE: Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, Yuendumu The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1997 $2,500 – 3,500

142 PADDY SIMS TJAPALTJARRI (c.1917–2010) Night Sky Dreaming (Munga Jukurrpa) 1997 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation cat. no. 118/97 125 × 127cm PROVENANCE: Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, Yuendumu The Kelton Foundation, United States of America acquired 1997 $1,800 – 2,500 143 BESSIE NAKAMARRA SIMS (1932–2012) Bush Berries and Bush Carrot Dreaming 1996 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 66 × 96.5cm PROVENANCE: Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, Yuendumu cat. no. 231/96 The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1997 EXHIBITIONS: The Australian Consulate, Los Angeles, California, 2000 – 2003 $500 – 700 144 PADDY NELSON TJUPURRULA AND JACK ROSS JAKAMARRA (c.1920–1999; born c.1925) Bush Carrot and Potato Dreaming 1993 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artists’ names and Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation cat. no. 22/93 91 × 122cm PROVENANCE: Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, Yuendumu The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1994 EXHIBITIONS: Artists In Profile, Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide, March 1994 $1,200 – 1,800

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145 WARLUKURLANGU COLLABORATIVE (MAGGIE NAPALJARRI ROSS; ANDREA NUNGARRAYI MARTIN; LUCY NAPALJARRI KENNEDY; RUTH NAPALJARRI STEWART) (born 1935; 1965; c.1926; 1940) Janganpa Manu Jakirdi Jukurrpa (Native Cat and Possum Dreaming) 2000 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artists’ names and Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation cat. no. 133/00 183 × 244cm PROVENANCE: Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, Yuendumu Aboriginal Gallery of Dreamings, Melbourne Sotheby’s, Melbourne, Important Aboriginal Art, 24 June 2002, lot 183 The Kelton Foundation, United States of America

EXHIBITIONS: 17th Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, August 2000 G’Day LA: Australia Week, in partnership with the Australian Consulate Los Angeles, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, California, 15 – 25 January 2004 The Painted Song, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, California, 17 August – 25 October 2010 LITERATURE: Genocchio, B. Weekend Australian, Arts Review, Sydney, 14–15 October 2000, p.23 (illus.) $4,000 – 6,000

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146 WARLUKURLANGU COLLABORATIVE (MAGGIE ROSS, RUTH OLDFIELD; JEANIE EGAN AND ANDREA MARTIN) (born 1935; c.1940; 1948; 1965) Ngarlu Jukurrpa (Love Magic - Sugarleaf Dreaming) 1997 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artists’ names and Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation cat. no. 176/97 182 × 213cm PROVENANCE: Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, Yuendumu The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1998 $5,000 – 7,000 147 LUCY NAPALJARRI KENNEDY (born c.1926) Purru-Purru Dreaming 1996 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation cat. no. 179/96 151 × 66cm PROVENANCE: Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, Yuendumu The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1997 $2,500 – 3,500 148 PADDY SIMS TJAPALTJARRI (c.1917–2010) Bush Plum (Ngaru) Dreaming at Kartara 1991 synthetic polymer paint on canvas board 61 × 61cm PROVENANCE: Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, Yuendumu cat. no. 92/91 The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991 $1,200 – 1,800 149 JACK ROSS JAKAMARRA (born c.1925) Dragon Lizard and Bush Carrot Dreaming 1996 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation cat. no. 250A/96 127 × 66cm

150 PADDY SIMS TJAPALTJARRI (c.1917–2010) Yanjilpirri Jukurrpa (Milky Way Dreaming) 2005 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation cat. no. 1578/05 61 × 152cm PROVENANCE: Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, Yuendumu The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 2007 $3,000 – 5,000 151 BESSIE NAKAMARRA SIMS (1932–2012) Yarla Jukurrpa (Bush Potato Dreaming) 2005 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation cat. no. 1499/05 152 × 61cm PROVENANCE: Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, Yuendumu The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 2007 $2,000 – 3,000 152 NORA NELSON NAPALJARRI (born 1956) Milky Way Dreaming 1991 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation cat. no. 122/91 91.5 × 183cm PROVENANCE: Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, Yuendumu The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1992 EXHIBITIONS: The Australian Consulate, Los Angeles, California, 1996 –1999 $5,000 – 7,000

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Kimberley (Warmun) Gija Country covers a vast area in the spectacular East Kimberley region of Western Australia. The Warmun Community lies halfway between Halls Creek and Kununurra, just off the Great Northern Highway. The lived experience of the Gija people since the late 1870s has been characterised by radical, often violent change and extraordinarily powerful and resilient continuities that have been carried through time.

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body paint, artist Rover Thomas’ rare approach and vision was an influential force in the style of painting of this region.

The bold depictions of his subjects outlined with white clay dotting was an innovative design invention that influenced what was to become the style recognised as the Turkey Creek or Warmun School of painting. Layers of thick traditional pigment and charcoal affixed with bush gum and resin binders gave the spiritual and physical representation of the sites and landscapes an unparalleled textual quality.

153 DONNY WOOLAGOODJA et. al. (born 1947) Wandjina Ungud Spirits 2007 synthetic polymer paint on canvas 185 × 480cm PROVENANCE: Created at Mowanjum Arts in 2007 Sotheby’s, Sydney, Aboriginal and Oceanic Art, 25 November 2007, lot 127 The Kelton Foundation, United States of America

OTHER NOTES: This work was painted by senior artists Donny Woolagoodja and Gudu Mungulu, assisted by Gabriella Dolby, Leah Umbagai, Mildred Mungulu and Margaret Mungulu, artists from the Mowanjum Community, near Derby in the Kimberley region of North West Australia.

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154 WAIGAN DJANGHARA (c.1930–1996) Wandjina c.1975 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark 121 × 45cm PROVENANCE: Acquired directly from the artist c.1974–75 Sotheby’s, Melbourne, Important Aboriginal Art, 28 June 1999, lot 302 The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America $4,000 – 6,000 156 HENRY WAMBINY (NHILMAYIRRINY) (20th Century) Kulowoon and Ngudburria 1993 natural ochres and binder on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Kimberley Art cat. no. KAHW 544/93 61 × 91cm PROVENANCE: Kimberley Art Gallery, Western Australia Phillips De Pury & Company, Sydney, 20th Century Art & Design, 2 May 1999, lot 171 The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America $1,800 – 2,500

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157 CHURCHILL CANN (c.1945–2016) Dangerous Country Near Nyingirr 1992 natural earth pigments on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warringarri Aboriginal Arts cat. no. AP3709 45 × 60cm PROVENANCE: Warringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kununurra Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute Inc., Adelaide The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1993 EXHIBITIONS: Above and Beyond, The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 23 August – 5 November 2005 $500 – 700

158 JACK BRITTEN (WARN-NGAYIRRINY) (c.1925–2002) Gayirriwaroon Country and Ord River 1991 natural earth pigments and bush gum on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name, Waringarri Aboriginal Arts cat. no. AP3475 and unknown cat. no. S-3071 100 × 140cm PROVENANCE: Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kunnunurra Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne (label verso) The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1992 EXHIBITIONS: The Evolving Dreamtime: Contemporary Art by Indigenous Australians – Part I, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 3 August 1994 – 22 January 1995 $5,500 – 7,500

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159 GEORGE MUNG MUNG (LIRRMAYIRRINY) (1921–1991) Yaranggan Country at Chinaman’s Garden 1990 natural ochres adhered with bush gum on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Waringarri Aboriginal Arts cat. no. AP-3444 and unknown cat. no. S-3059 70 × 100cm

160 FREDDIE TIMMS (NGARRMALINY JANAMA) (c.1946–2017) Daloobany Country (Rocky Creek) 1992 natural earth pigments on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warringarri Aboriginal Arts cat. no. AP3550 and unknown cat.no. S 3377 80 × 100cm

PROVENANCE: Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kununurra Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America acquired 1992 $3,000 – 5,000

PROVENANCE: Warringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kunanurra Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute Inc., Adelaide The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1993 $3,000 – 5,000

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161 CHURCHILL CANN (c.1945–2016) Revolver Springs 2000 natural earth pigments on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warmun Art Centre cat. no. 623/00 100 × 140cm PROVENANCE: Warmun Art Centre, Warmun Hogarth Galleries, Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 2003 $1,500 – 2,500

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162 MADIGAN THOMAS (born c.1927) Jamalayikuny 2006 natural earth pigments on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warmun Art Centre cat. no. 384/06 90 × 120cm

163 LORRAINE DAYLIGHT (20th Century) Spring Creek Crossing 2003 natural earth pigments on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warmun Art Centre cat. no. 744/03 80 × 100cm

164 FREDDIE TIMMS (c.1946–2017) Redbutt Country c.1994 natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name, title and Narrangunny Art Traders cat. no. NAT-0288 61 × 90.5cm

PROVENANCE: Warmun Art Centre, Warmun The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 2007 $2,000 – 3,000

PROVENANCE: Warmun Art Centre, Warmun The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 2007 $800 – 1,200

PROVENANCE: Narrangunny Art Traders, Western Australia The Collection of Mrs. Al Diamond Sotheby’s, Melbourne, Fine Australian, Aboriginal and International Paintings, 22 November 1999, lot 401 The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America $3,000 – 5,000

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169 CHURCHILL CANN (c.1945–2016) Woorlwoorl Range, Texas Country 2003 natural earth pigments on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warmun Art Centre cat. no. 030-03 90 × 120cm PROVENANCE: Warmun Art Centre, Warmun Hogarth Galleries, Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 2003 $1,200 – 1,800 170 DAVID COX (20th Century) Two Sisters 2004 natural earth pigments on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warmun Art Centre cat. no. 544/04 90 × 120cm PROVENANCE: Warmun Art Centre, Warmun The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 2007 $1,000 – 1,500 171 MIGNONETTE JAMIN (c.1932–2010) Boorroolun 2007 natural earth pigments on canvas 130 × 125cm

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165 CHURCHILL CANN (c.1945–2016) Untitled 2005 natural earth pigments on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warmun Art Centre cat. no. 068/05 90 × 120cm

167 GORDON BARNEY JANGARI (born c.1945) Goondalngun 2003 natural earth pigments on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warmun Art Centre cat. no. 757/03 100 × 140cm

PROVENANCE: Warmun Art Centre, Warmun The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 2007 $1,200 – 1,800

PROVENANCE: Warmun Art Centre, Warmun The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 2007 $1,200 – 1,800

166 RUSH (RASHIDA) BIN OMAR (20th Century) Lake Argyle Dam c.1997 natural ochres on canvas inscribed verso with Waringarri Aboriginal Arts cat. no. APO747 60 × 80cm

168 PEGGY PATRICK (DIRRMINGALI) (20th Century) Untitled c.1997 natural ochres on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Waringarri Aboriginal Arts cat. no. AP1137 and unknown cat.no. S-768 80 × 60cm

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PROVENANCE: Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kununurra The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1997 $700 – 1,000

PROVENANCE: Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kununurra cat. no. 928707 The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 2007 $800 – 1,200 172 ROVER (JULAMA) THOMAS (1926–1998) Wurritji Country 1996 etching, ed. 10/99 editioned, titled and signed in pencil below image 48.5 × 64cm PROVENANCE: Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1997 OTHER NOTES: Printed in 1996 for Waringarri Arts at the Casuarina campus of Charles Darwin University, Darwin, cat. no. PM75 $2,000 – 3,000

173 ALAN GRIFFITHS (born 1933) Kwiwandarrni 2003 natural earth pigments on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Waringarri Aboriginal Arts cat. no. WAA683303 100 × 80cm PROVENANCE: Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kununurra The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 2007 $800 – 1,200 174 ALAN GRIFFITHS (born 1933) Untitled 2007 natural earth pigments on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Waringarri Aboriginal Arts cat. no. WAA 954407 100 × 140cm PROVENANCE: Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kununurra The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 2007 $1,000 – 1,500 175 PEGGY GRIFFITHS (born 1950) Dumbaral 2003 natural earth pigments on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Waringarri Aboriginal Arts cat. no. 930803 80 × 100cm PROVENANCE: Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kununurra The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 2007 $800 – 1,200 176 MIGNONETTE JAMIN (c.1932–2010) Goojala - My Grandfather’s Country 2005 natural earth pigments on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Waringarri Aboriginal Arts cat. no. 787005 45 × 100cm PROVENANCE: Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kununurra The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 2007 $500 – 800

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178 ATTRIBUTED TO PAUL KROPINYERI (20th Century) Karuna Shield 1994 natural ochres on wood and kangaroo skin 62 × 24cm

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PROVENANCE: Karuna Art, Stuart, South Australia The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1994 $5,000 – 7,000

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179 REGGIE JACKSON TJAPALTJARRI (born c.1940) Tjara (Shield) 2001 mulga wood inscribed verso with Maruku Arts cat. no. S-22 75.5 × 14.5cm

181 REGGIE JACKSON TJAPALTJARRI (born c.1940) Miru (Incised Spearthrower) 2000 mulga wood and spinifex resin inscribed verso with Maruku Arts cat. no. S-14 75.5 × 11cm

PROVENANCE: Maruku Arts, Uluru The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 2001

PROVENANCE: Maruku Arts, Uluru The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 2001

EXHIBITIONS: Dreaming in Color: Aboriginal Art from Balgo, The Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California 29 April –12 August 2007 $800 – 1,200

EXHIBITIONS: Dreaming in Color: Aboriginal Art from Balgo, The Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California 29 April – 12 August 2007 $700 – 1,000

180 REGGIE JACKSON TJAPALTJARRI (born c.1940) Tjara (Shield) 2000 synthetic polymer paint on mulga wood inscribed verso with Maruku Arts cat. no. S-23 77 × 14.5cm

182 CLIFFORD LANE (20th Century) Miru (Spearthrower) 2001 desert wood and spinifex resin inscribed verso with Maruku Arts cat. no. S-20 75 × 9.5cm

PROVENANCE: Maruku Arts, Uluru The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 2001

PROVENANCE: Maruku Arts, Uluru The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 2001 $700 – 1,000

EXHIBITIONS: Dreaming in Color: Aboriginal Art from Balgo, The Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California 29 April –12 August 2007 $800 – 1,200

183 JONATHAN KUMINTJARRA BROWN (1960–1997) Maralinga c.1995 natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name 102 × 82cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, Melbourne Deutscher~Menzies, Melbourne, 27 June 2000, lot 301 (label verso) The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America $5,000 – 7,000

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183 184 LENNARD WALKER AND IAN RICTOR (born 1946; born c.1960) Seven Sisters (Minyma Tjuta) Dreaming at Kuralla 2002 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artists’ names, date and Spinifex Arts Project cat. no. C169 143 × 203cm PROVENANCE: Spinifex Arts Project, Western Australia Coo-ee Aboriginal Art, Sydney The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 2002 $5,000 – 7,000

185 BRUCE HOGAN AND MEGAN BATES (20th Century) Kuylal Minyma Tjuta (Seven Sisters Dreaming) 2000 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artists’ names and Spinifex Arts Project cat. no. C66 127.5 × 115cm PROVENANCE: Spinifex Arts Project, Western Australia Coo-ee Aboriginal Art, Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 2001 EXHIBITIONS: Pila Nguru – Art and Song of the Spinifex People, Perth Museum, Perth, Western Australia 2000 (toured nationally, 2001) $1,800 – 2,500

186 ESTELLE HOGAN (born 1937) Baltaltjarranya 1999 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name, date and Spinifex Arts Project cat. no. C59 130 × 125cm PROVENANCE: Spinifex Arts Project, Western Australia Coo-ee Aboriginal Art, Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 2001 EXHIBITIONS: Pila Nguru – Art and Song of the Spinifex People, Perth Museum, Perth, Western Australia 2000 (toured nationally, 2001) $2,000 – 3,000

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187 ABIE JUMBYINMBA TJANGALA (c.1919–2002) Storm (Ngapa) Dreaming at Wanimbilgi 1993 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name, title, date and Warnayaka Art cat. no. 852 85 × 55cm PROVENANCE: Warnayaka Art, Northern Territory Coo-ee Aboriginal Art, Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1993 EXHIBITIONS: Abie Jumbyinmba Tjangala – Solo Exhibition, Coo-ee Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 22 July – 22 August 1993 The Evolving Dreamtime: Contemporary Art by Indigenous Australians – Part I, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 3 August 1994 – 22 January 1995 $1,800 – 2,800

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188 ABIE JUMBYINMBA TJANGALA (c.1919–2002) Frog (Wulwuna) Dreaming at Lungkardajarra 1993 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name, title, date and Warnayaka Art cat. no. 851 84 × 55cm

189 ABIE JUMBYINMBA TJANGALA (c.1919–2002) Bush Tucker Tree (Watiyawarnu) Dreaming 1993 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name, title, date and Warnayaka Art cat. no. 848 85 × 55cm

PROVENANCE: Warnayaka Art, Northern Territory Coo-ee Aboriginal Art, Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1993

PROVENANCE: Warnayaka Art, Northern Territory Coo-ee Aboriginal Art, Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1993

EXHIBITIONS: Abie Jumbyinmba Tjangala – Solo Exhibition, Coo-ee Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 22 July – 22 August 1993 The Evolving Dreamtime: Contemporary Art by Indigenous Australians – Part I, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 3 August 1994 – 22 January 1995 $1,800 – 2,800

EXHIBITIONS: Abie Jumbyinmba Tjangala – Solo Exhibition, Coo-ee Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 22 July – 22 August 1993 The Evolving Dreamtime: Contemporary Art by Indigenous Australians – Part I, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 3 August 1994 – 22 January 1995 $1,800 – 2,800

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Utopia The Utopia Homelands are adjacent to the traditional lands of the Eastern Anmatyarre and Alyawarre people, about 270 km north-east of Alice Springs. This area of 1800 square kilometres was named Utopia by the first white settlers in 1927 and subsequently came to be used as cattle station country.

Paintings from Utopia express the strength, vitality and diversity of women’s perspective and relationship to Country. In 1978 women from this region learned batik, where they transmitted their depiction of the Dreaming with freedom and experimentation to acrylic and canvas in 1988. Some women developed styles using either fine dots or fine lines over a background of colour learned from the batik process. Others used broad gestural mark-making related directly to body paint designs or markings on Country.

190 LINDSAY BIRD MPETYANE (born c.1935) Bush Plum (Ahakiye) Dreaming 1989 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and CAAMA cat. no. 64-1089 91 × 60cm PROVENANCE: CAAMA Shop Pty. Ltd., Alice Springs 1989 Uniquely Australian, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991 EXHIBITIONS: The Evolving Dreamtime: Contemporary Art by Indigenous Australians – Part I, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 3 August 1994 – 22 January 1995 $800 – 1,200 191 KATHLEEN PETYARRE (1944–2018) Untitled 1989 synthetic polymer paint on linen 129 × 160cm 192 © Gloria Petyarre/Copyright Agency 2022

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PROVENANCE: Painted at Utopia Station, Northern Territory Private collection, New South Wales Sotheby’s, Melbourne, Fine Australian, Aboriginal and International Paintings, 22 November 1999, lot 524 The Kelton Foundation, United States of America $2,000 – 3,000

193 © Violet Petyarre/Copyright Agency 2022 192 GLORIA TAMERRE PETYARRE (1938–2021) Angertla, Mountain Devil Lizard 1992 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Utopia Art cat. no. 146-792 145 × 165cm

193 VIOLET PETYARRE (born 1942) Ankerre (Emu) Dreaming 1996 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with Gallerie Australis cat. no. GAVP0596 1017 90.5 × 90.5cm

PROVENANCE: Utopia Art, Sydney The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1994

PROVENANCE: Gallerie Australis, Adelaide The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1996 $2,000 – 3,000

EXHIBITIONS: The Australian Consulate, Los Angeles, California, 8 May 2007 – 8 May 2009 $5,000 – 7,000

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194 ABIE LOY KEMARRE (born 1972) Arwengerrp (Bush Turkey) Dreaming 1996 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Gallerie Australis cat. no. GA AL 0596 1006 76 × 107cm PROVENANCE: Gallerie Australis, Adelaide The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1996 EXHIBITIONS: The Australian Consulate, Los Angeles, California 2000 – 2003 $4,000 – 6,000

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195 RITA PWERLE (20th Century) Arwengerrp (Bush Turkey) Dreaming 1996 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name, title, date and Gallerie Australis cat. no. GA RP 961009 90 × 120cm

196 ABIE LOY KEMARRE (born 1972) Bush Hen Dreaming 1996 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Gallerie Australis cat. no. GAAL12961035 92 × 122cm

PROVENANCE: Gallerie Australis, Adelaide The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1996 $3,000 – 5,000

PROVENANCE: Gallerie Australis, Adelaide The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1996 $5,000 – 7,000

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197 KATHLEEN PETYARRE (1944–2018) Dreaming Country of the Thorny Devil Lizard 1995 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and unknown cat. no. 821424 M 90 × 120cm PROVENANCE: Commissioned by Gallerie Australis, Adelaide The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1995 $4,000 – 6,000 198 VIOLET PETYARRE (born 1942) Ankerre (Emu) Dreaming 1996 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Gallerie Australis cat. no. GAVP 0596 1016 122 × 122cm

197 © Kathleen Petyarre/Copyright Agency 2022

PROVENANCE: Gallerie Australis, Adelaide The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1996 EXHIBITIONS: Belonging to Mother Earth – Indigenous Wisdom and Healing Conference, Virginia Beach, Virginia 1998 $3,000 – 5,000 199 JOSIE PETRICK KEMARRE (born c.1953) Bush Tomato Country V 1997 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Delmore Gallery cat. no. 97E061 152 × 91cm PROVENANCE: Commissioned by Delmore Gallery, Alice Springs The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1997 EXHIBITIONS: The Australian Consulate, Los Angeles, California, 2014 – 2019 $3,500 – 5,500

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200 JOSIE PETRICK KEMERRE (born c.1953) Bush Tomato Country VI 1997 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with Delmore Gallery cat. no. 97G010 165 × 91.5cm PROVENANCE: Commissioned by Delmore Gallery, Alice Springs The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1997 EXHIBITIONS: The Australian Consulate, Los Angeles, California, 2014 – 2019 $2,000 – 3,000 201 RITA PWERLE (20th Century) Bush Hen Dreaming 1996 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with Gallerie Australis cat. no. GARP 10961019 90 × 122cm PROVENANCE: Gallerie Australis, Adelaide The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1996 $1,200 – 1,800 202 NANCY KUNOTH PETYARRE (c.1930–2011) Mountain Devil Lizard 1995 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with unknown cat. no. 821423-K 124 × 151.5cm PROVENANCE: Gallerie Australis, Adelaide The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1995 $1,500 – 2,000

END OF UTOPIA

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Balgo The present-day Wirrimanu Aboriginal Community at Balgo had its origin as a mission established in 1939 on ‘Rockhole Station’, near Halls Creek in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. One of the most isolated of Australia’s desert settlements, the Balgo community, has strong Pintupi links through the Western Desert, and several leading Papunya artists visited relatives in the area during the late 1970s.

Having observed the rise of the Papunya movement for some years, the people at Balgo began painting around 1983, where a recognisably ‘Balgo’ style eventually emerged. Although the first works reflected traditional iconography, the artists pushed their ancestral narratives towards abstraction by removing figures in favour of an outline and drawing on the evocative qualities of colour. This deconstruction of the iconographic references combined with the bright, evocative palette became a distinctive mark of the Balgo style.

204 FRED TJAKAMARRA (c.1926–2006) Tjapilyatjapilya, South East of Balgo Hills 1990 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation cat. no. 58/90 100 × 76cm PROVENANCE: Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation, Western Australia Jukurrpa Aboriginal Art, Mullumbimby The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991 EXHIBITIONS: The Australian Consulate, Los Angeles, California, 8 May 2007 – 8 May 2009 $2,000 – 3,000 205 BOB DINGLE TJAPANANGKA (20th Century) Goanna Men from Wati Kutjara (Two Men) Dreaming 1996 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation cat. no. 230/96 119 × 80cm PROVENANCE: Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation, Western Australia The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1997 $1,500 – 2,000

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206 BRIDGET MUDJIDELL NAPANANGKA (c.1935–2002) Yaiyarru, South of Balgo 1990 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation cat. no. 33/90 120 × 60cm PROVENANCE: Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation, Western Australia The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America acquired 1991 $2,000 – 3,000 207 NJAMME NAPANGARDI (20th Century) Women’s Ceremony, Artist’s Country 1990 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation cat. no. 4/90 120 × 60cm PROVENANCE: Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation, Western Australia The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991 $1,800 – 2,500

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208 PADDY PADDOON (20th Century) Stuart Creek Station 1988 synthetic polymer paint on canvasboard inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation cat. no. 409/88 51 × 76cm

211 MARGARET WHISPUTT (20th Century) Mulpa (Rat-Like Animal) Dreaming 1996 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation cat. no. 485/96 100 × 50cm

214 BRUCE NJAMME (born 1961) Tom Tom Dancing at Towwirri 1996 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation cat. no. 799/96 100 × 50cm

PROVENANCE: Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation, Western Australia Mary Macha, Perth The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1993 $800 – 1,200

PROVENANCE: Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation, Western Australia The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1997

PROVENANCE: Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation, Western Australia The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1997

EXHIBITIONS: The Australian Consulate, Los Angeles, California, 22 August 2003 – 31 August 2006 $1,000 – 1,500

EXHIBITIONS: The Australian Consulate, Los Angeles, California, 22 August 2003 – 31 August 2006 $1,000 – 1,500

212 FRED TJAKAMARRA (c.1926–2006) Rain Dreaming at Nyuntunpar 1997 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation cat. no. 524/97 120 × 80cm

215 BALGO COLLABORATIVE (MATI (BRIDGET) MUDJIDELL; FREDA TJEMMA NAPANANGKA AND BAI BAI NAPANGARDI) (c.1935–2002; c.1930–2004; born c.1935) Seven Sisters Dreaming 1997 synthetic polymer paint on linen 180 × 120cm

209 POPEYE TJOOGA TJANGALA (20th Century) Artist’s Country, Mongrel Downs 1992 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation cat. no. 93/92 100 × 75cm PROVENANCE: Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation, Western Australia Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 30 June 1997, lot 265 The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America $1,200 – 1,800 210 RICHARD TAX TJUPURRULA (20th Century) Tjawa Tjawa 1996 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation cat. no. 546 100 × 50cm PROVENANCE: Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation, Western Australia The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1997 EXHIBITIONS: The Australian Consulate, Los Angeles, California, 22 August 2003 – 31 August 2006 $1,000 – 1,500

PROVENANCE: Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation, Western Australia The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1997 $1,800 – 2,800 213 JIMMY TJOOGA (born 1951) Old Man Grinding Seeds of Bush Yam at Tjukakarrinyu 1996 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation cat. no. 761/96 90 × 60cm PROVENANCE: Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation, Western Australia The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1997 $800 – 1,200

PROVENANCE: Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation, Western Australia cat. no. 653/97 The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1997 EXHIBITIONS: G’Day LA Australia Week, in partnership with the Australian Consulate Los Angeles, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, California, 15 – 25 January 2004 Dreaming in Color: Aboriginal Art from Balgo, The Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California, 29 April –12 August 2007 $3,000 – 5,000 216 PATRICK OLOODOODI TJUNGURRAYI (c.1943–2017) Mother and Child at Mambalyu 1996 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation cat. no. 50/96 120 × 80cm PROVENANCE: Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation, Western Australia The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1997 $1,800 – 2,800

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219 HELICOPTER JOE TJUNGURRAYI (born c.1947) Wangkartu 2006 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation cat. no. 326/06 150 × 100cm PROVENANCE: Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation, Western Australia The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 2007 $4,000 – 6,000 220 LUCY YUKENBARRI NAPANANGKA (1934–2003) Maparr Rockhole 1998 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation cat. no. 224/98 120 × 80cm PROVENANCE: Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation, Western Australia Private collection, Netherlands Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 23 May 2007, lot 254 The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America EXHIBITIONS: The Painted Song, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, California, 17 August – 25 October 2010 The Australian Consulate, Los Angeles, California, 2014 – 2019 $2,000 – 3,000

221 © Eubena Nampitjin/Copyright Agency 2022

217 TERENCE BENNETT (20th Century) Tjookoola Rockhole 1997 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation cat. no. 347/97 90 × 60cm

218 FRED TJAKAMARRA (c.1926–2006) Rain Dreaming at Pappa (Dingo) Koora 1997 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation cat. no. 69/97 90 × 60cm

PROVENANCE: Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation, Western Australia The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1997

PROVENANCE: Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation, Western Australia The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1997

EXHIBITIONS: The Australian Consulate, Los Angeles, California, 22 August 2003 – 31 August 2006 $800 – 1,200

EXHIBITIONS: The Australian Consulate, Los Angeles, California, 2014 – 2019 $1,200 – 1,800

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221 EUBENA NAMPITJIN (c.1925–2013) Kinyu 2007 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation cat. no. 428/07 150 × 75cm PROVENANCE: Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation, Western Australia The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 2007 $4,000 – 6,000

222 BAI BAI NAPANGARDI (born c.1935) Mulupuku 2007 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation cat. no. 904/07 100 × 100cm PROVENANCE: Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation, Western Australia The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 2007 EXHIBITIONS: The Painted Song, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, California, 17 August – 25 October 2010 $3,000 – 5,000 223 ANTHONY MUTJI TJAMPITJIN (20th Century) Pilpalja 2004 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation cat. no. 959/04 120 × 80cm PROVENANCE: Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation, Western Australia The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 2007 $1,200 – 1,800

222 © Bai Bai Napangardi/Copyright Agency 2022

224 ELIZABETH GORDON NAPALJARRI (20th Century) Women at Koonawarrawa 1997 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation cat. no. 453/97 91 × 61cm

225 BERTHA KALENE NAPARRULA (20th Century) Karntilli (Sweet Bush Gooseberry) at Jalkya Jalkya 1997 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation cat. no. 546/97 90 × 60cm

PROVENANCE: Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation, Western Australia The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1997

PROVENANCE: Warlayirti Aboriginal Artists Corporation, Western Australia The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 1997

EXHIBITIONS: The Australian Consulate, Los Angeles, California, 2000 – 2003 $800 – 1,200

EXHIBITIONS: The Australian Consulate, Los Angeles, California, 22 August 2003 – 31 August 2006 $800 – 1,200

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Fitzroy Crossing

226 ARTIST UNKNOWN (20th Century) Fitzroy Coolamon c.1990 natural earth pigments on carved beanwood 59 × 26cm PROVENANCE: Aboriginal Arts Australia Ltd., Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991 $2,000 – 3,000 227 ARTIST UNKNOWN (20th Century) Fitzroy Coolamon c.1980 natural earth pigments on carved beanwood 82 × 27.5cm PROVENANCE: Aboriginal Arts Australia Pty. Ltd., Sydney The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1991 $2,500 – 3,500 228 JANYKA IVY NIXON (1935–2004) The Hills, Mountains, Waterholes, at Mullitjar Country 1997 synthetic polymer paint on paper 52 × 75cm PROVENANCE: Fitzroy Crossing Arts, Fitzroy Crossing The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1997 $500 – 800 229 AMY NUGGETT (born 1940) Lugura Seeds 1997 synthetic polymer paint on Arches paper 52 × 75cm PROVENANCE: Fitzroy Crossing Arts, Fitzroy Crossing The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1997 $500 – 800

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230 HUGHIE BENT (1940–2006) Spinifex After The Rain 1997 synthetic polymer paint on velin Arches paper 52 × 75cm PROVENANCE: Fitzroy Crossing Arts, Fitzroy Crossing The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 1997 $500 – 800

231 WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE (c.1929–2011) Mullawamullawa-Jumu 2006 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Mangkaja Arts cat. no. 584/06 45 × 60cm PROVENANCE: Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 2007 $1,000 – 1,500

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232 SANDY COX (20th Century) Lake Gregory and Yunpu 2007 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Mangkaja Arts cat. no. 392/07 90 × 120cm

235 PULPURRU DAVIES (born c.1943) Nyukur 2006 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Kayili Artists cat. no. 06-244 101 × 101cm

238 KEN SHEPHERD (20th Century) Tjukurrpa Tingari 2007 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Warakurna Artists cat. no. 394-07 152 × 101cm

PROVENANCE: Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 2007 $500 – 700

PROVENANCE: Kayili Artists, Western Australia The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 2007 $1,800 – 2,500

PROVENANCE: Warakurna Artists, Western Australia The Collection of Mr. Kelton, United States of America, acquired 2007

233 CLAUDE CARTER JUNGKURRA (20th Century) Jimilooroo (Lightning) 2007 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Mangkaja Arts cat. no. 293/07 120 × 60cm

236 MARGARET JENNINGS (20th Century) Talila 2006 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Kayili Artists cat. no. 06-242 152 × 101cm

PROVENANCE: Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 2007 $700 – 1,000

PROVENANCE: Kayili Artists, Western Australia The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 2007 $1,800 – 2,500

234 YANGKARNI PENNY K. LYONS (born c.1932) Paparta Jila 2007 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artist’s name and Mangkaja Arts cat. no. 230/07 120 × 90cm

237 IVAN SHEPHERD AND DORCAS TINNIMAY BENNETT (20th Century) Ngarnamarra Tjukurrpa 2007 synthetic polymer paint on canvas inscribed verso with artists’ names and Warakurna Artists cat. no. 263-07.1&2 152 × 101cm

PROVENANCE: Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 2007 $500 – 700

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EXHIBITIONS: The Australian Consulate, Los Angeles, California, 2014 – 2019 $1,800 – 2,500 239 ESTHER GILES NAMPIJINPA (20th Century) Untitled 2007 synthetic polymer paint on linen inscribed verso with artist’s name and Kayili Artists cat. no. 07-056 152 × 102cm PROVENANCE: Kayili Artists, Western Australia The Kelton Foundation, United States of America, acquired 2007 EXHIBITIONS: The Painted Song, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, California, 17 August – 25 October 2010 The Australian Consulate, Los Angeles, California, 2014 – 2019 $3,000 – 4,000

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A Magnificent Fancy Yellow Diamond Ring, 41.71 carats $1,500,000 – 2,000,000

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JAN NELSON (born 1955) Walking in Tall Grass: Gracie II 2011 oil and liquin on linen 76 x 59cm $14,000 – 18,000

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Brook Andrew; Trent Walter (printer) Marcia Langton 2009 (detail) National Portrait Gallery, Canberra. Commissioned with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 200 © Brook Andrew

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AMAGULA, THOMAS NANDJIWARA....................... 15

JAGARBAK, MICK.......................................................... 13

NABARLAMBARL, PETER........................................... 40

ARTIST UNKNOWN...................9, 16, 17, 33, 37, 39, 43,

JAKAMARRA, JACK ROSS..................... 59, 69, 141, 149

NADJONGORLE, DJAWIDA..................................24, 41

....................................................................... 134, 226, 227

JAKAMARRA, PADDY NELSON TJUPURRULA AND

NAMATJIRA, ALBERT.................................................. 125

ATTRIBUTED TO BUNGAWUY DJALAMBU..........108

JACK ROSS...................................................................144

NAMATJIRA, KEITH.................................................... 126

ATTRIBUTED TO KERIN MAKWANKIMI.................. 12

JAMIN, MIGNONETTE.........................................171, 176

NAMATJIRA, REGGIE...................................................131

ATTRIBUTED TO LEO MELPI.................................... 122

JANGARI, GORDON BARNEY.................................. 167

NAMIRRKKI, IVAN........................................................ 30

ATTRIBUTED TO NARRITJIN MAYMURU................111

JENNINGS, MARGARET............................................ 236

NAMPIJINPA, ESTHER GILES.................................. 239

ATTRIBUTED TO PAUL KROPINYERI..................... 178

JUNGARRAYI, LARRY SPENCER.............................. 136

NAMPITJIN, EUBENA................................................. 221

ATTRIBUTED TO OLD NEMELOK (NEMARLUK)

JUNGKURRA, CLAUDE CARTER............................ 233

YAMBUNHI................................................................... 123

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K KAWURIKKU, STEPHEN.............................................. 19

NAMPITJINPA, ALISON ANDERSON.................80, 86 NANGAJALAL................................................................ 18 NAPALJARRI, BIDDY ROCKMAN............................ 203 NAPALJARRI, EILEEN...................................................95

KEMARRE, ABIE LOY.......................................... 194, 196

NAPALJARRI, ELIZABETH GORDON..................... 224

MUDJIDELL; FREDA TJEMMA NAPANANGKA AND

KEMARRE, JOSIE PETRICK............................... 199, 200

NAPALJARRI, NORA NELSON.................................. 152

BAI BAI NAPANGARDI)............................................. 215

KENNEDY, LUCY NAPALJARRI................................. 147

NAPALJARRI, SHEILA BROWN................................ 139

BALGO COLLABORATIVE (MATI (BRIDGET)

BATES, BRUCE HOGAN AND MEGAN...................185

NAPALTJARRI, LINDA TJUNGKAYA SYDDICK............

BENNETT, IVAN SHEPHERD AND DORCAS

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TINNIMAY.....................................................................237

LANE, CLIFFORD.........................................................182

BENNETT, TERENCE................................................... 217

LAWRENCE, JIMMY......................................................57

BENT, HUGHIE........................................................... 230

LIAGALAWUMIRRI, DJIMBURRBURR.....................103

BRITTEN (WARN-NGAYIRRINY), JACK..................158

LIWUKANG / LIWIKAN.............................................. 107

BROWN, JONATHAN KUMINTJARRA...................183

LYONS, YANGKARNI PENNY K............................... 234

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CANN, CHURCHILL..............................157, 161, 165, 169

MADAGARLGARL, JACKIE...........................................36

COX, DAVID.................................................................. 170

MAGANI, MICK............................................................106

COX, SANDY................................................................ 232

MAKWANKIMI, KERIN.................................................. 11

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MALGURDA..................................................................109 MARDJUWA, CECINA................................................. 38

DAVIES, PULPURRU.................................................. 235

MARIKA, BANDUK.......................................................121

DAYLIGHT, LORRAINE............................................... 163

MARIKA, DHUWARRWARR.......................................118

DAYMIRRINGU, DAVID MALANGI.. 102, 104, 105, 110

MARIKA, MILIRRPUM..................................................115

DJANBARDI (MALADJIRI), RONNIE................... 22, 25

MARIKA, WANDJUK....................................................112

DJANGHARA, WAIGAN.............................................154

MATJIRRI, JIMMY PASCOE......................................... 20

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MAYMURU, GALUMA..................................................114 MAYMURU, NARRITJIN..............................................113

.......................................................................... 99, 100, 101 NAPANANGKA, BRIDGET MUDJIDELL................. 206 NAPANANGKA, LUCY YUKENBARRI.................... 220 NAPANANGKA, WALANGKURA.............................. 98 NAPANGARDI, BAI BAI............................................. 222 NAPANGARDI, NJAMME.......................................... 207 NAPANGARDI, PANSY................................................. 81 NAPARRULA, BERTHA KALENE.............................. 225 NGANJMIRA, BOBBY BARRDJARAY.........................29 NGANJMIRA, ROBIN....................................................32 NGANJMIRRA, THOMPSON................................27, 28 NGURRUWUTHUN, BINGITJ....................................119 NIXON, JANYKA IVY................................................. 228 NJAMME, BRUCE........................................................214 NUGGETT, AMY.......................................................... 229

O OMAR, RUSH (RASHIDA) BIN.................................. 166 ORSTO, MARIA JOSETTE............................................ 14

GRIFFITHS, ALAN.................................................173, 174

MJIMINUMA, JIMMY................................................... 34

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GRIFFITHS, PEGGY..................................................... 175

MOKETARINJA, RICHARD........................................ 129

PADDOON, PADDY...................................................208

GUNINGBAL, CRUSOE......................................... 23, 26

MPETYANE, LINDSAY BIRD......................................190

PAREROULTJA, OTTO................................................ 127

MUNG MUNG (LIRRMAYIRRINY), GEORGE......... 159

PASCOE, MAX BUNGI.................................................. 31

MUNKARA, BENEDICT..................................................5

PATRICK (DIRRMINGALI), PEGGY...........................168

MURRUMURRU, DICK NGULEI-NGULEI.................35

PETTINJMI, JAMMA...................................................... 10

H HOGAN, ESTELLE.......................................................186

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PETYARRE, GLORIA TAMERRE................................. 192

TJANGALA, POPEYE TJOOGA................................. 209

PETYARRE, KATHLEEN....................................... 191, 197

TJANGALA, RILEY MAJOR.......................................... 90

PETYARRE, NANCY KUNOTH................................. 202

TJANGALA (with sons), UTA UTA...............................70

PETYARRE, VIOLET............................................. 193, 198

TJAPALTJARRI, BILLY STOCKMAN......................51, 58

PURUNTATAMERI, PADDY TEEAMPI..................... 2, 4

TJAPALTJARRI, CHARLIE EGALIE.............................. 66

PURUNTATAMERI, STANISLAUS..................... 1, 6, 7, 8

TJAPALTJARRI, JOSEPH JURRA............................76, 93

PWERLE, RITA......................................................195, 201

TJAPALTJARRI, MICK NAMARARI..............................63

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TJAPALTJARRI, PADDY SIMS.............138, 142, 148, 150 TJAPALTJARRI, REGGIE JACKSON........... 179, 180, 181

RABERABA, HENOCH................................................ 132

TJAPALTJARRI, TIM LEURA.......................................... 51

RABERABA, HERBERT................................................ 133

TJAPALTJARRI, WALALA............................................. 96

RENKARAKA, ATHANASIUS TITUS.........................128

TJAPANANGKA, BOB DINGLE................................ 205

RICTOR, LENNARD WALKER AND IAN.................184

TJAPANGATI, ANDREW BULLIN............................... 85

RIWA, ROY...................................................................... 21

TJAPANGATI, CHARLIE................................................97

RUBUNTJA, MERVYN................................................. 84

TJAPANGATI, KANYA.................................................. 94

RUBUNTJA, WENTEN..........................................78, 130

TJAPANGATI, LIMPI PUTUNGKA.............................. 49 TJOOGA, JIMMY.......................................................... 213

S SHEPHERD, KEN........................................................ 238 SIMS, BESSIE NAKAMARRA...............................143, 151 SIMS, PADDY SIMS TJAPALTJARRI AND BESSIE NAKAMARRA...............................................................140 SURPRISE, WAKARTU CORY.................................... 231

T THOMAS, MADIGAN.................................................. 162 THOMAS, ROVER (JULAMA).................................... 172 TIMMS (NGARRMALINY JANAMA), FREDDIE......160 TIMMS, FREDDIE.........................................................164 TIPURAPADEI, WULA (HARRY WAMBI).....................3 TJAKAMARRA, ANATJARI............................................47 TJAKAMARRA, FRED................................. 204, 212, 218 TJAKAMARRA, GINGER.............................................. 88 TJAKAMARRA, MICHAEL NELSON.................... 75, 82 TJAKAMARRA, OLD MICK WALLANKARRI............ 54 TJAMPITJIN, ANTHONY MUTJI.............................. 223 TJAMPITJINPA, DINNY NOLAN.................................53 TJAMPITJINPA, KAAPA MBITJANA................64, 77, 79 TJAMPITJINPA, RAY INKAMALA................................52 TJAMPITJINPA, TOBY BROWN..................................65 TJANGALA, ABIE JUMBYINMBA.............. 187, 188, 189 TJANGALA, GEORGE BUSH....................................... 61 TJANGALA, GEORGE YAPA........................................ 68 TJANGALA, GEORGE....................................................74

TJUNGURRAYI, CHARLIE TAWARA.................... 46, 73 TJUNGURRAYI, YUMPULULU....................................87 TJUNGURRAYI, DON.................................................. 83 TJUNGURRAYI, GEORGE WARD...............................92 TJUNGURRAYI, HELICOPTER JOE.......................... 219 TJUNGURRAYI, PADDY CARROLL......................48, 55 TJUNGURRAYI, PATRICK OLOODOODI................ 216 TJUNGARRAYI, TWO BOB................................... 60, 72 TJUPURRULA, JOHNNY WARANGKULA............... 45 TJUPURRULA, PADDY NELSON.......................135, 137 TJUPURRULA, RICHARD TAX...................................210 TJUPURRULA, TURKEY TOLSON.....50, 56, 62, 89, 91

W WAMBINY (NHILMAYIRRINY), HENRY.................. 156 WANAMBI, BOLINY....................................................120 WARLUKURLANGU COLLABORATIVE (MAGGIE NAPALJARRI ROSS; ANDREA NUNGARRAYI MARTIN; LUCY NAPALJARRI KENNEDY; RUTH NAPALJARRI STEWART)............................................145 WARLUKURLANGU COLLABORATIVE (MAGGIE ROSS; RUTH OLDFIELD; JEANIE EGAN AND ANDREA MARTIN)......................................................146 WARNIK, LARRY.......................................................... 124 WHISPUTT, MARGARET.............................................211 WILLY, SANDY.................................................................71 WOOLAGOODJA et. al., DONNY............................ 153

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