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77 - NUNGURRAYI GABRIELLA POSSUM (LURITJA / ANMATYERRE) Le rêve d…
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NUNGURRAYI GABRIELLA POSSUM (LURITJA / ANMATYERRE) Le rêve des sept sœurs / Seven sisters dreaming - 2010 Acrylic on canvas Signed on the back 92.5 x 168.5 cm Acrylic on linen canvas; signed on the reverse 36.41 x 66.33 in. Provenance: Commissioned by Greg Hindson, Melbourne Sale Artcurial Briest - Poulain - F.Tajan Art Contemporain 2 on 7 December 2011, lot n°341, acquired directly by the latter by the current owner FR The eldest daughter of Australia's most famous artist, Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, Gabriella began painting at an early age, helping her father to complete the pointillist backgrounds on his canvases. Her father, one of the most meticulous artists in the Central Desert, passed on to her a taste for particularly well-crafted backgrounds using different techniques, as well as a great sense of colour inspired by the bush. Gabriella's paintings depict the "Dream Stories" of her paternal grandmother, Long Rose Nungala, as well as the stories taught to her by the other elderly women around her during her years of initiation. Here the theme is that of the Seven Dreaming Sisters (the Milky Way), constellation of the Pleïades. An old man, Tjakamarra, pursued a family of seven young Napaltjari sisters with the intention of moving in with them, as they had the right kinship with him. They ran into the sky to escape him. He followed them and was transformed into The Morning Star and the girls into the constellation of the Seven Sisters. It is said that the stars of the Seven Sisters very quickly touched the land of the desert communities and so all the women learned this story. EN As the eldest daughter of Australia's most famous artist, Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, Gabriella began painting at a very young age, notably by helping her father complete the dot-style backgrounds of his canvases. Her father, one of the most meticulous artists of the Central Desert, passed on to her a love for backgrounds that are particularly well-crafted using various techniques, as well as a keen sense of colour inspired by the bush. Gabriella's paintings depict the "Dreaming stories" of her paternal grandmother, Long Rose Nungala, as well as the stories taught to her by the other elderly women in her community during her initiation years. Here the theme is that of the Seven Dreaming Sisters (the Milky Way), the Pleiades constellation. An elderly Tjakamarra man pursued a family of seven young Napaltjari sisters with the intention of settling down with them, as they were of the right kinship to him. They ran across the sky to escape him. He followed them and turned into a star, "The Morning Star," and the girls into the constellation of the "Seven Sisters." It is said that the stars of the seven sisters quickly reached the land of the desert communities, and so all the women learned this story. NUNGURRAYI GABRIELLA POSSUM (LURITJA / ANMATYERRE)
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