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GLORIA TAMERRE PETYARRE

GLORIA TAMERRE PETYARRE - Bush Medicine Leaves

GLORIA TAMERRE PETYARRE - Bush Medicine Leaves

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GLORIA TAMERRE PETYARRE

TITLE: BUSH MEDICINE LEAVES
  
ACRYLIC ON LINEN
121.5CM x 55CM
GLORIA HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO OF GLORIA WITH HER ARTWORK WILL BE PROVIDED.
 
REF#GP449
 
 
DOB: 1945-2021.  Utopia   Northern Territory
Known as: Gloria Petyarre, Gloria Pitjara, Gloria Tamerre Petyarre
Language: Anmatyerre
Dreaming’s: Leaves, Bush Medicine leaves, Grass seeds, Pencil Yam, Awelye (women’s ceremony and body paint designs), Arnkerrthe (Mountain or Thorny Devil Lizard) and Aknangkere
 
Gloria belongs to the Petyarre family which have a long tradition of creating some of the most sought after works of aboriginal art. She is one of the famous seven Petyarre sister’s including Ada Bird, Jean, Kathleen, Myrtle and Nancy, Violet. Gloria is noted as one of the most famous artists to emerge from the Utopia region.
 
Gloria was one of the founding members of the Batik Movement in the 1970s then moving to acrylic on canvas. Her earlier works were of Awelye designs which are the designs painted across women’s top half of their bodies during ceremony. The iconic Bush Medicine Leaves Dreaming portrays the various stages of growth throughout the year of this important plant which have medicinal properties and has been used for generations by Gloria’s ancestors.
 
 Gloria has established herself as one of the leading artists from Utopia with countless solo and group exhibitions worldwide. Her works are held in numerous permanent collections and in various galleries around Australia and overseas.
 

Sadly, Gloria passed away in June 2021.

This painting can be hung vertically or horizontally.
 
This painting was purchased directly from Gloria 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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