Ronnie
Tjampitjinpa
Pintupi (born ca.1942)
Fire Dreaming, 2004
synthetic polymer paint on linen
150 x 90cm
Provenance
Australian Contemporary Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, cat.no.ACAART0406;
accompanied by original certificate of authenticity
Private Collection, Melbourne
Documentation reads
This painting depicts a desert bush fire sweeping through the country.
The gap though the painting depicts a large barren sand hill. The custodians
of this dreaming are the Tjangala and Tjampitinpas. This ceremony takes
place the night before a controlled bush fire is lit and shows us where
the Tjampitjinpas and the Tjangalas have lit the fire.