JOHNNY YUNGUT TJUPURRULA
Untitled, 2002
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
122 x 122 cm
Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists, Northern Territory (JY0208132)
Private Collection, Brisbane
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Johnny Yungut Tjupurrula
(Pintupi, circa 1930 – 2016)
With works in many important collections in Australia as well as a large number of collections in the United States, Johnny Yungut is an important and sought-after artist who painted for Papunya Tula (first from 1978 and again from 1991). His paintings depict the dreaming stories and travels of the Tingari Men, who in mythological times travelled over vast stretches of country.
Notable Collections
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
Griffith University Art Collection, Brisbane
Araluen Art Collection, Alice Springs
Kluge Ruhe Collection, University of Virginia
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle
The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo
Nevada Museum of Art, Nevada
Historical Museum, Oslo
Stephen & Agatha Luczo Collection, California
Dennis Scholl Collection, Miami