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BESSIE PITJARA

BESSIE PITJARA - Women's Ceremony

BESSIE PITJARA - Women's Ceremony

Regular price $1,299.00 AUD
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BESSIE PITJARA

TITLE: AWELYE
 
ACRYLIC ON LINEN
118CM X 72CM
BESSIE HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED
 
REF#BP119
 
 
Born: c1960  Utopia   Northern Territory
Known as: Anna Price, Anna Pitjara, Anna Petyarre, Anna Price Pitjara (Petyarre)
Language: Anmatyerre
Dreaming's: Bush Plum (Anwekety or conkerberry), Women’s dreaming (Awelye), My Country
 
 
Bessie is the daughter of the talented artist Polly Nelson Ngala. She is from Utopia which is renowned worldwide for their talented artists. Utopia is located 270km northeast of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory and is a region comprising of 16 small outstations of approximately 350 residents. These numbers fluctuate through-out the year.
 
Bessie began painting batik on silk like many artists in Utopia later moving to acrylic on canvas/linen. She began painting in the traditional style of dot art using vibrant colours and iconography to depict her dreaming's. Her recent paintings are in the style of her mother and relatives which is a beautiful palate of colours paying respect to the Bush Plum which is an important plant to her people for food and medicine.
 
This painting was purchased directly from Bessie and a gallery certificate of authenticity will be provided with the sale.

Authenticity

Authenticity
Altyerre Aboriginal Art provides its customers with a profile of the artist for every piece of artwork sold. This profile records information that Altyerre Aboriginal Art has gathered on the artist and general information on the stories that the artist paints. Altyerre Aboriginal Art encourages its artists to sign each piece of artwork either with a signature or a cross (some older artists cannot write their name).

Certificate of Authenticity
An artist profile and information on the story being painted is also provided and wherever possible, a photo of the artist holding the painting is included if possible. The certificate is comprised of the following details about the painting:
~ Catalogue No – A unique number assigned to each individual artwork
~ Size
~ Medium
~ Date the artwork was created (this may be an approximate date for our much older pieces)
~ Artist’s name
~ Artist’s Language Group
~ Artist’s Country
~ Title/Story of Artwork
~ Description of the artwork’s story as told by the artist where possible
~ Signature of the Altyerre Aboriginal Art owner

Each Certificate of Authenticity is printed onto Altyerre Aboriginal Art letterhead and provides exceptional provenance for each artwork.

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